10-18-2009 01:10 UTC

Big Action

[user66118]

Balazs Botond raised under the gun to 21,000, opening the proverbial can of worms. Two seats over, Kerem Kizek made the smooth call before Hichem Ben Halima stuck in a squeeze raise to 65,000. Two seats down from him, the short stack of Stephane Dahan went into the middle, all 79,000 of it. That was enough to fold Botond and Kizek, and Ben Halima called the extra few thousand to put his opponent at risk.

Showdown
Ben Halima: {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

Dahan:

{K-Diamonds}

{K-Spades}

There would be no funny stuff on a board of {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{6-Clubs}

{6-Hearts}

{2-Clubs}

{8-Hearts}

. With his kings holding, Dahan earns himself a double-up-and-then-some. He's all the way up around 220,000 now.

Tags: Hichem Ben Halima Stephane Dahan