Checking a Straight Flush on the River

David Hirst opened UTG with and in the big blind, Sailendra "Sunny" Sha called with .

The flop brought two hearts and gave each player a flush draw, with Hirst the nut-flush draw, and Sha check-called the 7,500 bet of Hirst.

The turn came , giving both players the flush, and again Sha check-called Hirst's bet, this time for 16,000.

When the river came , giving Sha the top-end straight flush, he tank-checked.

Hirst, who himself held the lower-end straight flush, checked back, much to the dismay of Sha.

"I can read you well, Sunny," Hirst said to Sha.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hirst	290,000 290,000	290,000
Sailendra Sha	200,000 150,000	150,000