05-28-2009 13:31 UTC-12

The Hand That Turned into a Killer

MarcC

An UTG raise to 9,000 from Steve Ludwick was met with two callers before the flop brought {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{K-Clubs}

{Q-Diamonds}

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It was checked to Ludwick who bet 16,000. Only Casey Kuhn called in the cut-off before the turn came {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

. In a betting frenzy, the two players' remaining chips were in the middle and the cards were on their backs.

Ludwick turned a set with {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Hearts}

, but Kuhn had turned the nuts with {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{J-Spades}

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Ludwick needed the board to pair to stay alive, but the river came {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

to seal his fate. Kuhn raked in a very nice sized pot, putting him up to 226,000 in chips.