Steicke Doubles Up Early
Steicke already has twice the starting stack. As he recounted the action to us, he was in the small blind and was one of two players to call a preflop raise to 250. On a flop of , Steicke checked to the preflop raiser. That player bet 600. After the player in between folded, Steicke check-raised to 1,700 and was called.
The turn was a blank, the . Steicke bet another 2,700 chips and was called again. A potential flush filled with the river. Steicke made a weak lead of 2,400, then snap-called when his opponent jammed all in. Steicke's opponent showed the second nut flush, , but it was no good against Steicke's nut flush, .
Just like that, Steicke has a 10,000-chip lead on the field.