10-08-2008 13:55 UTC-12

Emad Doing Work

[user66118]

Back on Table 1, Chris Holmes comes limping in under the gun. Greg Raymer and Teresa Nousiainen follow suit, and action is on the short-stacked Emad Tahtouh in the small blind. He moves all in for his last 1,725 chips. Holmes re-raises all-in, and ends up isolating himself against the at-risk Tahtouh.

Holmes: {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

Tahtouh:

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

"Best case scenario," says Tahtouh, as the two men await the community cards. The flop comes out {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

, giving Tahtouh both a straight draw and a flush draw to go with his overcards. The turn seals the deal as the {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

rips off, giving Tahtouh the nut flush. He earns a double up plus a few extra chips, and he now sits with 4,050.