Sleepy Trickett's Check-Raise Gets the Job Done
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Sam Trickett is looking sleepy over at the far end of the tournament area, as you would had you stayed up playing cash games at the Palm Beach until 05:00 this morning. Despite his obvious tiredness, Trickett has managed to maintain his trademark aggression.
Joining the action on a 
[7s
board, Trickett checked from the small blind and Gilles Haddad checked in the big blind. Herve Santais was in the hijack and he bet 9,500. Trickett sat considering all of his options for the best part of 60-seconds before settling on a check-raise to 29,000. It turned out to be the best choice because both active players almost instantly folded.