Ben Haim Takes a Hit
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Amos Ben Haim surely thought he had perfectly trapped a short stack into busting himself. Haim waited until the turn to get the chips into the middle, , then turned up for a wheel. His opponent, who was all in for 114,000 on the turn, showed a surprising set of deuces, . The river card was the case deuce, , forcing Ben Haim to pay out a big double-up.