01-18-2009 15:37 UTC+11

Check and Collect

[user75032]

Three people, including big stack Derek Cheung, limped into the pot. Action was on big blind James Obst, who raised to 1400. Cheung and one other player called.

Obst fired out for 1,800 on a flop of {K-Diamonds}

and Cheung called without hesitation. When the turn paired the board {A-Clubs}

, Obst checked it over to Cheung, who decided that 4,550 was the right number of chips to bet. Obst casually threw a yellow (5,000) chip into the pot and then collected his change after the dealer burned and turned the {2-Spades}

river. Obst checked again, with Cheung checking behind.

The rules at the Crown Poker Room require the last aggressor to open first. In this case, the last aggressor was Cheung. Rather than open, he tossed his cards into the muck! As a result Obst was able to collect a pot worth 17,000 chips without revealing his cards. His count is up to 33,500.

Tags: Derek Cheung James Obst