What the Seidel Did He Have?
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Erik Seidel opened the pot from the cutoff seat, and Greg Fishberg called from the small blind.
The two men took a heads-up flop of 
, and Fishberg check-called 3,000. He checked again on the 
turn, and Seidel kept the heat on with another bet -- 9,500 this time. Fishberg didn't bat an eye, though, and he flicked two orange chips into the pot after just a quick pause to consider.
The river was the 
, and Seidel fired a third bullet of 20,000. Fishberg snap-called, and that hand-in-the-cookie-jar look came over Seidel's face. He waited for Fishberg to show his 
and the dealer to announce, "Straight," before quietly mucking.
Seidel is left with just about 17,000 after barreling off a significant chunk of his stack. Fishberg is the beneficiary, up now to 88,000 or so.