Chucri Squeezes
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Habib passed as did Srour and Bejjani to see Chucri table
to add some valuable chips to his stack and move to 93,000 in chips.
2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,925,100
Entries
207
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Habib passed as did Srour and Bejjani to see Chucri table
to add some valuable chips to his stack and move to 93,000 in chips.
Sevag Heybelian Eliminated
Heybelian:
Lahham:
The board ran out
to see Heybelian hit the rail as Lahham chips up to 165,000 in chips.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
The Demise Of Tanios Habib
to Makki's 
.The board ran out
to see Makki double to 260,000.quadruple
The following hand Habib would double Mark Demirjian when his
was unable to outdraw Demirjian's .The board ran out
to see Demirjian double to 200,000 as Habib was left crippled with just 3,000 in chips.Two hands later Habib committed his last single 1,000 denomination chip to the pot with
and managed to see that push to 11,000 on a board reading 
against both the blinds.A few hands after that Habib would perish when his
was unable to improve against the of Chadi Ojeil on a final board of 
.
What The?
, Nadia Lahham continued her preflop aggression by firing out 18,000 to find a check-call by Georges Ghassen.The turn brought the
and Ghassen again checked to see Lahham fire 24,000. Ghassen quickly called and both players checked the on the river.Lahham tabled her
to see her playing the board, and remarkably, Ghassen tabled his 
to chop the pot up!
Structural Integrity
The first symptom of that problem became visible as Day 2 dragged on yesterday. We were unable to get anywhere close to reaching the final table, setting us up for another marathon day today. At their discretion, the tournament staff had chosen to remove the 5,000/10,000 level in order to ensure a timely finish in the early morning hours.
However, as the start of this level approached, a wave of criticism swept through the three tables as a few of the players demonstrated their disapproval with the decision. Mark Demirjian was the most vocally frustrated, and he gave several members of the staff an earful, growing red with anger. "This is a serious tournament," he said. "And now we're into the serious part. This is when we need the blinds."
The staff tried to pacify him: "It's only one level."
"One level makes a big difference!" came the indignant reply. After a little pow-wow in the corner, the tournament staff decided that the best course of action was to reverse their decision and play the schedule as listed before the event.
So with that, we're off into 5,000/10,000.
Georges Sweidy Eliminated
and was called by Sassine Ghazaleh holding 
.The board ran out
to see Sweidy outdrawn and sent to the rail as Ghazaleh climbs to 420,000 in chips.
Closing In On The Money
No word by the Tournament Director's have been spoken regarding the money, but most players have realised that they are in a tense time.
Stay tuned for the bust outs as we hit the money in the 2009 Lebanese Poker Championships!
Good Geadeh
, Omar Geadah got the rest of his ~90,000 chips in with 
. He was in good shape to double up when Sassine Gazaleh turned over . The turn was a blank , and the river 
locked up that double up. With his two pair, Geadeh has moved his way back up to 220,000.
Riad Asmar Eliminated
Ghazaleh folded and Mouanness made the call to see the cards tabled.
Ghazaleh:
Mouanness:
The board ran out
to see Ghazaleh hit the rail.