So far the first match of this best-of-three finals has been all Seidel. Seidel had the button for the most recent hand that he and Chris Moneymaker played. Seidel raised and Moneymaker called from the big blind. Both players checked a flop of . When the turn came Moneymaker check-called a bet from Seidel. Moneymaker also checked the river. Seidel fired another 125,000 into the pot.

Moneymaker furrowed his brow at the large bet. He said a few words to himself, shook his head, then cut 125,000 off his stack and called. Seidel showed down a face card and a for trip sevens, earning himself another pot.

Moneymaker is down to about 400,000 in chips now, while Seidel is up to 1.2 million.

Tags: Erik SeidelChris Moneymaker