2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
No Action for Saab
The next time around the table, Matta decided to just let Saab have a walk in the big blind. "Ugh, are you kidding me?" asked Saab, turning over and again stacking up just the blinds and antes.
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
Chadi Ojeil Eliminated In 4th Place (US$154,000)
Geadah:
Ojeil:
The board ran out to see Ojeil flushed out of the tournament in 4th place for a handy collect of US$154,000.
Walid Rizkallah Eliminated In 5th Place (US$134,800)
Rizkallah:
Matta:
Before the flop fell down both Rizkallah and Matta exchanged words in a mix or Arabic and French and shook hands as a sign of good luck.
The flop of would see Rizkallah gain a few additional outs, but when the turn landed the and river the he was headed to the rail.
Rizkallah picked up a healthy US$134,800 for his 5th place finish as Matta soars to over 3,700,000 in chips.
Geadah Doubles Through Saab
Saab:
Geadah:
The board ran out to see Geadah double through to 1,120,000 as Saab slips to 800,000 and change.
Fadi Kamar Eliminated In 6th Place (US$115,500)
Kamar:
Matta:
The board ran out to see one of the local favourites and picks to take down the title booted to the rail in 6th place for a US$115,500 payday.
Treading Lightly
Barely a flop this level, and many walks to the big blind.
In comparison to the state of play during the day this is very surprising. However when you look at the tournament a little deeper you will see that there are only a little over 60 big blinds still in play.
With each player sitting on an average of 12, it is quite understandable that play is tightening up as they jockey for position.
Fadi Doubles
The remaining four players passed as Rizkallah made the call.
Rizkallah:
Kamar:
The board ran out to see Kamar double through to 830,000 as Rizkallah slips to 800,000 in chips.