

. The action checked around and they saw a free turn card of a repeat
. Steicke led out with a feeler bet of 600. Brown folded and Negreanu tried to take control of the pot with a raise to 1,800 total. Steicke thought for a moment and made the call.The river brought the
which appeared to be a good card for Steicke as he led at the pot once again, this time with a bet of 1,700. Negreanu snap-called and Steicke flipped 
for a rivered top pair. However Negreanu tabled 
for trips which was good to take down the sizable pot.Negreanu is now back to around 17,000 chips.




2005 WSOP Champion Joe Hachem was faced with a 5,000 chip decision as his opponent put him to the test. The pot was already in excess of 8,000 chips and the wrong decision would leave Hachem in trouble. In the end he looked down at his pocket jacks and made the call.


. The player in the big blind led out for 1,300 and PokerStars.com player Boris Becker made the call from the button. The player in the small blind then check-raised over the top of both players to make it 3,000 to go. The big blind folded and Becker hesitated before making the call.
for nothing but an ace to go with the trips on the board. The big blind flipped


. As he flipped over 
, his opponent winced in the sort of excrutiating pain that indicated he had a queen in his hand as he flung his cards into the muck. The hand sent Alioto's steadily growing stack past the 45,000 mark. 

on the turn, Goodwin checked, Hansen bet 800, Goodwin min-raised to 1,600 and Hansen called. The river was the innocuous
. Goodwin fired out 2,200. 
for trips, but Hansen had turned the straight with the (evidently magic)