Chuck Knows Poker

From middle position, Chris Tryba came in raising to 22,000. Action came around to big blind Charles Williams, and he elected to call, creating a heads-up confrontation.

The flop brought {8-Hearts}

. Williams immediately grabbed all 149,000 of his remaining chips and slid them forward. Just as quickly came the, "I call" from Chris Tryba.

Showdown:
Tryba: {A-Hearts}

Williams:

It took Tryba just a minute to realize the bad news as someone mumbled, "He flopped the straight."

"Nice hand, Charles. Nice hand," said Tryba, but there were still two cards to come. The {Q-Diamonds}