The flop comes and Tony Ng leads out with a 12,000 bet. Steicke then min-raises to 24,000 - a bet that sent Emad Tahtouh into the tank. Emad eventually laid it down, as did Tony Ng and Steicke raked the pot.
2007 PokerStars.net Asia Pacific Poker Tour - Macau
APPT Macau - $15k High Rollers Event
Day: 2
The flop comes and Tony Ng leads out with a 12,000 bet. Steicke then min-raises to 24,000 - a bet that sent Emad Tahtouh into the tank. Emad eventually laid it down, as did Tony Ng and Steicke raked the pot.
The flop comes and Steicke shoves his last 19,000 into the middle; Emad makes the call.
Tahtouh:
Steicke:
Emad took a page from 2005 WSOP Champ Joe Hachem's book, retreating to a seat in the audience to sweat the last two cards, and sweat he did . . .
The popped off on the turn, giving Steicke nine additional outs to a flush on the turn, meaning he needed to catch a spade or an ace on the river to stay alive. The river - the and Steicke completed his flush, effectively doubling up to just over 130,000 in chips.
Current chip counts are as follows:
Emad Tahtouh: 112,000
Bo Sehlstedt: 305,000
Eric Assadourian: 313,000
Tony Ng: 167,000
David Paul Steicke: 63,000