Table 36 Loves 9-10 Offsuit
On the very next deal Gus Hansen tangled with the man on his right, Britain's Marc Goodwin. With the board reading on the turn, Goodwin checked, Hansen bet 800, Goodwin min-raised to 1,600 and Hansen called. The river was the innocuous . Goodwin fired out 2,200.
"You know, I have that same hand," said Hansen as he dribbled in two blue and two black chips, making the call.
Goodwin turned up for trips, but Hansen had turned the straight with the (evidently magic) and dragged the pot.
After the hand, Hansen's stack was up to 30,000.