When you have chips to burn you can afford to speculate with some less-than-stellar cards. That appeared to be David Steicke's strategy after Inwook Choi opened to 22,000. Steicke was in the big blind and called the extra 12,000 to a flop of . Both players checked, with Steicke then betting 24,000 on the turn. Choi called.
Both players checked the river. Steicke showed down , having rivered a Broadway straight. It was good enough to take down the pot.