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06-08-2008 01:35 UTC-8

Straight Over Straight

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Jimmy Shultz is sitting in the cutoff and enters the pot with a raise to 10,000. John O'Brien is sitting in the small blind and he wants to defend it with a call. The flop is dealt...

{A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{8-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

John check-calls a 10,000 bet from Jimmy before the turn comes...

{5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

Once more John check-calls a 10,000 bet from Jimmy before the river comes...

{6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

Once more John check-calls another 10,000 bet from Jimmy. Jimmy reveals {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

for a straight to the eight but John can do one better holding {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{8-Hearts}

for a straight to the nine.

John is up to 115,000 after the hand while Jimmy slides back to 55,000.

Tags: John O'Brien