Shooting Star Erik Seidel Eliminated by Ardavan Yazdi
Mar 6, 2017
Shooting Star Erik Seidel (pictured) is all in preflop from the button against two other players — Ardavan Yazdi in the big blind, and another player in the cutoff. Any further betting will create a side pot between Yazdi and the cutoff.
Both players check to the river on a board of 
. The cutoff shows 
for ace high, and Seidel turns over 
for a pair of queens. But Yazdi turns over 
to win the pot with two pair, jacks and eights, eliminating Seidel.
For knocking out a Shooting Star, Yazdi receives $2,500, a Shooting Star Bounty Medallion, and an autographed “I Busted Erik Seidel” bounty t-shirt.
Ardavan Yazdi – 103,000 (515 bb)
Erik Seidel – Eliminated
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