Steicke Upset by Straight
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
In a battle of the blinds, the player in the small blind got the remainder of his short stack for what looked like 15 big blinds in after a flop of 
. David Steicke looked him up with the 
but could not fade the huge draw of his opponent's 
, the 
on the turn immediately completed a straight. This made the 
river meaningless and the upcoming break is only minutes away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
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board with less than 7,000 behind, Japanese PokerStars Qualifier Shinobu Tanaka responded by pushing a stack of yellow 5,000-denomination chips across the line.
flop, Lim made a bet of 2,100 and the short stack moved all in for 3,750 in total to get called by the Australian only.
first and then also tabled his 
. The 
turn bricked, but the 
river gave the pot to the short stack. Lim had doubled up the stack after arriving late and this was just a small hiccup.
to get back above starting stack.
river. Zhang over-bet the 2,500 pot with 6,000 to go and Hunter gave it some thought before making the call. Zhang flipped over the 
for the nut flush and Hunter mucked his 
