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  When a poker player puts money into a pot, it is really hard to believe he is going to do it with a hand like deuce four. Then again, not all poker players are like Huckleberry Seed. Seed was one of six former World Series of Poker champions who were taking part in Poker After Dark's Champions Week on NBC, and as this hand illustrates, Huck Seed is a special kind of champion.



  Chris Ferguson started the action with:






... and made a raise to $500, which Johnny Chan called holding:






... Seed, figuring good odds to make a small call from the big blind, followed along holding:






... It was time for the flop. When the flop hit:







... Huck just acted like himself - mellow. No reaction at all as he bet $1,500 like he was holding mid pair. Chris thought for a second, and then folded, and then Chan raised it up to $5,000. He was figuring Seed for a mid pair, something he could be frightened off of.



  Unfortunately, for the Orient Express, Seed moved all in. There was little Chan could do with a flush draw but to call, even though Seed had him outchipped. Chan did call, and the turn came:





... Now Johnny needed a diamond that would not pair the board or he would be the first one out. As luck would have it, Chan got his diamond. The river card came:





... making the flush, and setting Huck back quite a lot.