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Eddy Raffoul eliminated in 20th Place
Eddy Raffoul had done amazing things with his stack following his crippling with ace-eight. Down to just 7,000 after that hand, Raffoul doubled and doubled again to work his stack back well over 100,000. In his final hand, Kamal Bejjani opened the pot with a raise, and Raffoul moved all in from the button. Bejjani quickly called, turning over . Raffoul could only shake his head and show .
He would find no salvation from the dealer as the board ran down . Bejjani's overpair holds, earning him the knockout and sending Raffoul off to the payout desk in 20th place.
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There's one more notable difference between this tournament here and many major tournaments around the world, revolving around the service personnel.
For the entire course of the three-day event, the players have had their every need catered to both at and away from the table. There is a large staff of cocktail servers who are eager to bring the libation of your choice to you tableside. In addition, they've also provided small bowls of nuts and finger foods for those on the felt.
Okay, so that part isn't especially unusual, although the waitresses are above average in their service capabilities. But what's more, there has been a huge spread of amazing food laid out for the duration of the event. The large auditorium we are playing in is doubling as a buffet and restaurant, and there are currently two enormous displays of appetizers of all sorts. There's more on the way too as the mile-long dinner nightly dinner buffet is just beginning to take shape, manned by another army of servers. There you'll find rice, pasta, fish, lamb, beef, vegetables, along with an assortment of salads, meats, cheeses, and an impressive tower of chop-licking deserts. All of this is spread out for the players and spectators free of charge, a truly gracious provision from the Casino du Liban.
If you like Lebanese food, you're truly missing out.
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From the hijack seat, Henry B. limped into the pot as the first caller, and Eddy Rafoul completed from the small blind. In the big, Walid Rizkallah grabbed his chips with two hands and moved all in for a total of 59,000. Henry B. would make the call, and Rafoul would also call after some deliberation, leaving himself just 8,000 lonely chips behind.
The dealer ran out a board of with the two live players check-checking the action. Henry showed , splitting with Rafoul's . Neither of them would get any piece of the pot though; Rizkallah tabled , good enough to triple him up to 185,000.
On the next hand, Rafoul would be all in for 7,000 with against two players. He flopped a jack, and it was just what he needed to triple up to 28,000. On the following hand, he moved all in once again, and this time everyone ducked out of the way, adding another 22,000 chips to his dire stack.
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. Raffoul could only shake his head and show 
.
. Bejjani's overpair holds, earning him the knockout and sending Raffoul off to the payout desk in 20th place.
to see the pot chopped up.
, splitting with Rafoul's 
against two players. He flopped a jack, and it was just what he needed to triple up to 28,000. On the following hand, he moved all in once again, and this time everyone ducked out of the way, adding another 22,000 chips to his dire stack.
