Hand Dissection – PiKappRaider vs. Roothlus

One year ago, Steven "PiKappRaider" Burkholder was just a regular college kid struggling to get by on tight funds. The University of Florida student has come a long way since then, helped greatly by two enormous scores on the virtual poker felt in September of 2008. He earned $135,903 for a victory in the $750,000 Guarantee on Full Tilt Sept. 8, and followed it up with a win in PokerStars' WCOOP Event #29 ($530 plus rebuys six-handed No Limit) for $211,133 less than two weeks later. Since then, Burkholder has vaulted up to #30 in the Pocketfives.com worldwide rankings (as of October 20, 2008.) Burkholder took some time with Poker News Daily to go over a hand he played with Adam "Roothlus" Levy during his WCOOP victory. Levy is a well-respected online player (also ranked on PocketFives) who recently made a deep run in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. With 12 players remaining in the tournament, their table also featured online stars Greg "DuckU" Hobson and Thayer "Thay3r" Rasmussen. Hand Setup: Seat 1: 669,298 chips Seat 2: 1,339,427 chips Seat 3: 1,197,302 chips Seat 4: 1,884,521 chips Seat 5 (PiKappRaider): 2,268,902 chips Seat 6 (Roothlus): 854,414 chips Blinds are 8,000/16,000 with a 1,600 ante PokerNewsDaily: First, can you go ...

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