08-25-2009 17:43 UTC+8

Steicke Takes the Lead

[user75032]

It appears David Steicke has been busy at the Table of Death. His count is up to a tournament-leading 65,500 after eliminating Rasmus Akerblom. The two got the chips in the middle on a flop of {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{A-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

, with Akerblom opening for 3,500 and then moving in for about 16,000 after Steicke raised to 13,500. Steicke made an easy call with the dead man's hand, aces and eights {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

. Akerblom had only a single pair of aces, {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{10-Hearts}

. The turn and river bricked out babies, {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

and

{2-Spades}

, to give Steicke the pot.

Steicke, who finished first in a High Rollers event last week and fourth in a 326-player event that ended Sunday, seemed to take it all in stride. "It's an easy game, isn't it?"

Tags: David Steicke Rasmus Akerblom