Sontheimer Pull Off a Check-Raise
Level 6
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Three players stuck in 55,000 each preflop and the dealer fanned a flop of ![]()
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. Steffen Sontheimer checked from the hijack and Stanley Choi also checked from the cutoff. James Romero tossed in a bet of 70,000 on the button and Sontheimer check-raised to 200,000.
Choi quickly got out of the way while it took a little longer for Romero to make a decision. He also decided to believe Sontheimer and sent his cards to the muck.