Chopping Pots Reluctantly

With four players limping in front, Gus Hansen knocked the table from the big blind, and half the table got to see a cheap flop. It came down {4-Hearts}

. The Great Dane led out with 600 chips and got one caller.

Heads up, the two men went to the turn. It came the {9-Diamonds}

, and both players checked.

Fifth street was the {4-Spades}

. Gus fingered a few chips before re-stacking them and checking his hole cards one more time. After a moment, he bet the rainbow -- one chip of each color, totaling 725. His opponent made the call, and Gus flipped over the {A-Clubs}

. The other player turned over the {A-Spades}

. Gus chuckled and began to slide his other card towards the muck slowly, face-down. The other player mirrored him, pushing his unexposed card towards the middle of the table as well. Gus grabbed his kicker card back and flipped it over, revealing the {5-Clubs}