West Smacks a Straight Flush Against Hollink
Pot-Limit Omaha
When we got to the table, Rob Hollink was jamming his chips into the middle against Tim West and one other player in a hand of pot-limit Omaha. Here's what the hands were.
Hollink: 
West: 
Opponent: 
The flop was a very interesting one when it came down 
. Everyone was left with a piece of it in some way while West pulled to the front with two pair, jacks and tens.
The turn card was the 
and it was still West's pot with two pair.
The river completed the board with the 
and at first glance it looked like Hollink spiked his spade flush. Wait one minute though! West held the in his hand and smacked the one spade that could give him the pot. With the falling, West hit a straight flush and won the entire pot.
West was all in for 8,075 and doubled up through Hollink while the other player was eliminated (he only had a few hundred chips). Hollink dropped to about 8,700 in chips.