06-14-2009 08:31 UTC-12

Threes Are the Charm for Juanda

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John Juanda

After limping in from early position, John Juanda called a raise of 350 from Phillip Yeh in the small blind.

On a flop of {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

{8-Spades}

, Juanda then check-raised Yeh's 400 bet to 825. When Yeh reraised all in, Juanda called for his last chip and the hands were shown.

Juanda: {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

{3-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{J-Diamonds}

Yeh:

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{J-Clubs}

When the board finished with the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

and

{10-Diamonds}

, Juanda's threes held and built his stack to 4,300. Yeh slipped to 900 with no add-ons left.