Halabi Flats Aces and Gets Klinger's Whole Stack
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
On a flop of J♦8♣2♦ in a single-raised pot, Daniel Klinger led for 4,500 from middle position before Tamer Halabi raised to 12,500 on his left. Klinger responded with a three-bet to 20,000. Despite not actually being a legal raise, no one at the table batted an eye as Halabi slid his stack forward as the covering player, and Klinger called all in for roughly 65,000 total.
Daniel Klinger: A♦J♠
Tamer Halabi: A♠A♣
Klinger flopped top pair, top kicker with the ace of diamonds after Halabi just flatted with aces preflop. It was a cooler scenario as the case A♥ fell on the turn, leaving Klinger drawing dead to the Q♦ river.