While not necessarily a household name in the tournament poker arena, Amir Lehavot has quietly built up an excellent poker resume. A Pembroke Pines, Florida resident who was forced to leave the country following the crackdown on the online poker industry, Lehavot now plays under the Israeli flag and was the last player from that country left in the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. He also had an inside track to making a deeper run in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, as he sat in 11th place with 7.385 million in chips on the start of Day 7. He finished in third place and earned $3.7 million.

With over $1.5 million in career tournament earnings entering the Main Event that includes a WSOP bracelet victory in the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold’em World Championship in 2011, Lehavot has been a true tournament poker “grinder,” with his first tournament cash dating back to 2007.

In 2009, he earned his first WSOP cash, finishing deep in the Main Event and, in 2010, came back to do it again. Along with the bracelet win in 2011, Lehavot had a total of 12 WSOP cashes entering the 2013 Main Event. Prior to 2013, his largest tournament score was $573,456 for his 2011 bracelet victory.

Lehavot had a shot at jumping further up the ladder late on Day 6 against Rep Porter. After opening the action pre-flop against Porter and Anton Morgenstern, only Porter would come along after a 10d-2s-4s flop. A 10c slowed both Lehavot and Porter down, both checking, and a 9s completed the board. Lehavot value-bet for 400,000 and, after Porter called the bet, Lehavot unveiled Ah-Ad, which was good enough to take the pot.

From there, Lehavot was able to add more chips to his stack.