01-31-2010 20:43 UTC+11

Stecker's Straight

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Preflop, Benjamin Alacam opened to 12,000 with Mike Stecker making the call. The flop came {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

{5-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

and Alacam check-raised all in. Alacam had Stecker covered, so Stecker made the call for all of his chips.

Stecker: {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

Alacam:

{a-Diamonds}

{7-Spades}

The board blanked {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

and

{Q-Hearts}

to ship the pot to Stecker's flopped straight. Stecker has 319,000, Alacam drops to 130,000.

Tags: Benjamin Alacam Mike Stecker