Deeb v. Sarwer: Check-Mate for Deeb
With a raise to 5,000 in front of him, Shaun Deeb made the call, and Jeff Sarwer came along as well from the big blind. Three-handed to the flop, the dealer rolled out
. Deeb got the rest of his ~50,000 chips in with
for top-top, but he would be in a bad way. Sarwer had flopped a straight with
, and Deeb was unable to go runner-runner to survive.Sarwer is now quite healthy with just about 300,000.