Erik Seidel Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,400,000)
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Level 24
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Erik Seidel jammed the small blind for 1.2 million and Rainer Kempe looked him up in the big blind with the 
.
Seidel's tournament life was riding on the dominated 
, and although he picked up outs to chop on the 
flop and 
turn, the 
river did not help.
After staving it off all day, Seidel was finally eliminated in third place and Kempe will now take a close to 2:1 lead into heads up play with Fedor Holz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,230,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
5,470,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
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Busted | |
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