It's the First Draw, All Right... And the Last
The table folded around to Erik Seidel in the small blind, so he took the invitation to raise to 24,000. George Danzer called from the big blind. Seidel did something unexpected -- he drew three cards.
Danzer looked at Seidel with a grin of surprise. John Juanda piped up. "This is only the first draw," he said.
First and last, of course, as this is single draw, not triple draw. As the table laughed, Danzer took one card, then both players checked.
"A pair," said Seidel. "Which pair?" answered Danzer. Seidel showed , and Danzer tabled his . Danzer took the small pot.
The German pro continues to remain in second place behind David Baker with 430,000. Seidel has 335,000.