Hachem Eliminates a Player After Some Controversy

The player who was under the gun limped in for 200 and Joe Hachem raised to 400. He did so by bringing forward four chips and then chopping them in half across the line in two stacks of 200. The dealer told Hachem that it was only a call. Joe demanded the floor be called over after trying to argue that it was a raise. The floor was finally called over and it was ruled that what Hachem did was a raise.

Play proceeded and a few players folded before a player in late position reraised to 1,000. Everyone folded back to Hachem and he made the call.

The flop came {J-Hearts}

and Hachem checked. His opponent bet 2,000 and Hachem check-raised him all in. The player called quickly and showed pocket kings. Hachem held {9-Diamonds}

for a flopped straight.

The turn and river were the {2-Hearts}

and

respectively. Hachem was able to add a few more thousand chips to his stack, increasing his stack to over 22,000.

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