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.
Joe Hachem has just walked into the poker room and tournament area.
At the moment he is chatting with some of the rail birds and the Tournament Director as players still battle it out for a spot on the final two tables.
Walid Rizkallah was just the beneficiary of a monstrous double up courtesy of Henry B.
We caught up on the flop as the dealer spread . The action isn't exactly certain, but it appears that Henry made either a bet or a raise of 60,000, and Rizkallah moved all in for a total of 130,000. There wasn't much decision to make, and Henry called, turning over . Rizkallah stood from his chair and slammed his onto the felt, having flopped two pair.
The turn was a blank, as was the that filled out the board. Two pair is good for Rizkallah, doubling him up to right around 300,000. That loss drops Henry B. back down to 210,000.
Sassine Gazaleh opened the pot with a late-position raise to 40,000. Two seats over, Patrick Chucri moved all in for a total of 60,000. Next door, Omar Geadah was considering for some time, and he too eventually moved all in for a total of 180,000. When it came back to Gazaleh, he hemmed and hawed and folded face-up, giving Geadah a rebate.
Showdown
Chucri:
Geadah:
The board ran out , holding Chucri's kings. Gazaleh slammed the felt with his fist on seeing the river card, having folded what would have been the nut flush. In any event, Chucri picks up the nice pot, more than tripling up by virtue of the blinds and antes in the pot. He's back just shy of 200,000 now.
With the action folding round to Chadi Ojeil in the cutoff, he opened with a raise to 36,000.
Sherif Zacca then pushed all in for his last 94,000, and after some deliberation, Ojeil made the call.
Ojeil:
Zacca:
The flop of change little apart from giving Ojeil a chop-draw. However when the fell on the turn he took the lead sending Zacca to the rail in 17th place when the landed on the river.