Seed's Stack Sprouts

Chad Holloway

Pot Limit Omaha:

With 1,350 in the pot and a flop of {9-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {4-Spades} , Ali Eslami checked from the small blind and the player in the big did the same. That put action on the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Huck Seed, who wasted little time in betting 500. Both his opponents made the call and it was off to the {8-Hearts} turn.

This time Eslami took the initiative and led out for a pot-sized bet, which was 2,850. The big blind proceeded to raise all in for 5,775, which Seed called. The big blind thought the action was over and briefly tabled his hand, which allowed Eslami, who had just 1,500, to catch a peak. He obviously didn't like what he saw as he laid down his hand.

Showdown
Seed: {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {6-Hearts}
Big Blind: {4-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}

Seed had his opponent drawing to the case four, which didn't come as the {J-Hearts} appeared on the river. With that, Seed scored the elimination, chipped up to 26,000, and left Eslami on a short stack.