Forrest and Seidel Make It To The Final Table
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Day Five saw the remaining nine players take to the felt to decide
the six who would have their moments of fame. For two of them, they
had been there and done it all before, but it didn’t stop Erik
Seidel and Ted Forrest from marching on to the WPT s
Day Five saw the remaining nine players take to the felt to decide
the six who would have their moments of fame. For two of them, they
had been there and done it all before, but it didn’t stop Erik
Seidel and Ted Forrest from marching on to the WPT stage.
Seidel began the day as chip leader, and was joined by rising
internet star Adam Katz at the top of the chip counts:
Seat 1: Erik Seidel — 2,472,000
Seat 2: Frank Cieri — 577,000
Seat 3: Robert Richardson — 719,000
Seat 4: Michael Farris — 312,000
Seat 5: Natale Kuey — 525,000
Seat 6: Ted Forrest — 1,682,000
Seat 7: Andrew Barta — 1,433,000
Seat 8: Adam Katz — 2,190,000
Seat 9: Allen Bari — 530,000
Michael Farris was first out when he couldn’t chase down the
pocket sevens of Richardson with his Ks-Ts. Eighth went to Allen
Bari, who managed to get his short stack into the middle with AQ.
However the pocket kings of Andrew Barta were in front, and when
the doorcard king was accompanied by a pair of fours on the board,
Bari was drawing to a minor poker miracle.
The television bubble boy turned out to be Natale Kuey who moved
all in with As-Kh. He was covered by Forrest, who called with
pocket sixes. Forrest made a set on the turn and a full house on
the river, taking the pot and bursting Kuey’s hopes of a WPT
televised tabled spot.
The seating and chip counts for the final six are as
follows:
Seat 1: Erik Seidel — 3,820,000
Seat 2: Frank Cieri — 403,000
Seat 3: Robert Richardson — 526,000
Seat 4: Ted Forrest — 2,347,000
Seat 5: Andrew Barta — 1,522,000
Seat 6: Adam Katz — 2,311,000