Watch out, field. David Steicke is a dangerous, unpredictable player when he doesn't have chips. When he has chips, Steicke's a monster.
Steicke already has twice the starting stack. As he recounted the action to us, he was in the small blind and was one of two players to call a preflop raise to 250. On a flop of , Steicke checked to the preflop raiser. That player bet 600. After the player in between folded, Steicke check-raised to 1,700 and was called.
The turn was a blank, the . Steicke bet another 2,700 chips and was called again. A potential flush filled with the river. Steicke made a weak lead of 2,400, then snap-called when his opponent jammed all in. Steicke's opponent showed the second nut flush, , but it was no good against Steicke's nut flush, .
Just like that, Steicke has a 10,000-chip lead on the field.
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, Steicke checked to the preflop raiser. That player bet 600. After the player in between folded, Steicke check-raised to 1,700 and was called.
. Steicke bet another 2,700 chips and was called again. A potential flush filled with the 
river. Steicke made a weak lead of 2,400, then snap-called when his opponent jammed all in. Steicke's opponent showed the second nut flush, 
, but it was no good against Steicke's nut flush, 
.