Getting Frisky With Ace-Queen Versus Erik Seidel

Erik SeidelHere is another hand from the very first level of the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic — a "freezeout" event (i.e., no re-entry). This one involved me playing versus the Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel, winner of eight World Series of Poker bracelets and more than $32 million lifetime in tournaments.

With the blinds 50/100, the action began with Seidel opening for 250 from early position. It folded to me in the cutoff where I'd been dealt .

Here I could have either called or three-bet. Considering how it was a freezeout event in which I tend to be a little more aggressive early, I reraised to 700. Andy Frankenberger was in the big blind and he decided to cold-call…