Hachem Finds Aces, Action
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Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
In early position, Joe Hachem opened to 16,000, and Jamie Kaplan three-bet him to 36,000 a couple seats over. Romik Vartzar made the overcall, sending the decision back to Hachem. All 170,000 of his chips went into the middle on a shove, and that folded Kaplan out of the way without too much trouble. Vartzar had 
, though, and he made the call to put Hachem at risk. Hachem's hand? Just 
.
There was a scary paint card on the flop, but the board ran out 
to hold Hachem's aces and earn him the double. "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie," table mate Victor Ramdin said as Hachem stacked the pot. He's got 396,000 now, back in the game with an above-average stack.