Stokkan Sticky Against Check-Raise
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Action started on the flop in a heads-up pot with a board of 
. About 10,000 was in the middle.
Motoyoshi Okamura checked the big blind. In the cutoff, Preben Stokkan bet 4,000. Okamura check-raised to 12,500. After some thought, Stokkan made the call.
The turn brought the 
. Okamura led for 20,000. After a much shorter pause for thinking, Stokkan called again.
The river came the 
. Okamura slowed down and checked the final street, Stokkan was content to check behind.
Okamura showed 
for flopped top pair, but Stokkan drilled the turn and showed 
for the winner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
341,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
285,000
135,000
|
135,000 |