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steicke event # 23 of the 39th wsop , 2008 during a break at the final table of 2010-02-25 murray bridge , south australia , australia 28 october 1962 hong kong david steicke event 23 , 2008 wsop.jpg david steicke
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david steicke

david paul steicke -lrb- born 28 october 1962 in murray bridge , south australia -rrb- is a poker player based in hong kong .
when the asian pacific poker tour brought poker to nearby macau for the first time in november 2007 , he placed third in the us$ 15,000 high roller no limit texas hold 'em event , winning us$ 110,592 .
steicke has gained a reputation as an expert at high roller no limit events .
at the 2009 aussie millions a$ 100,000 no limit hold 'em challenge -lrb- event # 8 -rrb- steicke earned his biggest career prize of a$ 1.2 million -lrb- us$ 807,780 -rrb- .
david credited his win to a good run of cards but reporters at the event praised his impressive reads and aggressive play , which included a pivotal bluff against tony bloom .
in the hand , the flop came .
steicke 's $ 100,000 bet into a $ 60,000 pot was called by bloom .
the came on the turn .
steicke bet $ 150,000 and was again called by bloom .
when the came on the river , putting 4 diamonds on board , steicke fired once more with a $ 200,00 bet .
a call was pondered by bloom , but eventually he folded .
immedlately , steicke turned over and showed bloom the bluff .
the hand left steicke in control with $ 1.4 million in chips , while bloom was left crippled , having only $ 400,000 chips remaining .
when later asked about the hand , david explained , `` tony bloom was getting control of the table and in the end it was a bluff ... at the time i was n't really sure .
i thought i had the jack of diamonds at first .
i guess he laid down top pair , but i 've laid down top pair before when there was four to a flush on board . ''
steicke had his second biggest win -lrb- us$ 506,260 -rrb- at the 2011 epic poker main event , where he finished second in a field of 97 .
he began heads-up play against michael mcdonald with a small chip lead and one point , had his opponent all-in .
however , david 's did not improve against mcdonald 's pocket sixes .
as of 2011 , steicke has amassed $ 188,411 in winnings at the wsop .
steicke 's live tournament winnings of over $ 2,610,749 place him first on the all-time china money list .
