2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♥8♠
Prize
$606,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,925,100
Entries
207
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
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Nadia Lahham Eliminated In 16th Place (US$15,400)

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Nadia Lahham eliminated in 16th place
Nadia Lahham eliminated in 16th place
Sassine Ghazaleh limped in from early position only to have Nadia Lahham make it 40,000 more from the small blind.

The big blind passed and Ghazaleh pushed all in before Lahham insta-called.

Ghazaleh: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Lahham: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}

The flop of {7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{8-Spades} changed little, but when the {Q-Diamonds} landed on the turn it thrust Ghazaleh in the lead and Lahham at risk for her tournament life.

Lahham would unfortunately see the {2-Hearts} fall on the river to see her tournament end in 16th place.

Tags: Nadia LahhamSassine Ghazaleh

Geadah Drinking Double

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First into the pot from late position, Omar Geadah moved all in for 77,000. In the blinds, Imad Saab quickly made the call, adding, "Sorry." He turned over {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades}, poised to eliminated Geadah and his {A-Spades} {5-Spades}.

Geadah would find salvation on the flop as the door card revealed the {A-Clubs}. The rest of the board blanked off, notching him a double up over 160,000.

That's Poker, Baby

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Nicolas Zakhem opened the pot from early position with a raise to 42,000. On down the line, Sassine Ghassan put in a re-raise to 92,000. When it came back to Zakhem, he considered for several minutes before splashing in the call, heads up to the flop.

It brought {9-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}, and Zakhem instantly announced an all in. Ghassan would consider for two or three minutes before open-mucking ace-queen.

Zakhem stood from his chair and yelled, "Baby!" as he slammed {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} down onto the table with a roaring thump. "I love it," he screamed at the top of his voice. "Woooo, I love it. That's poker baby!!!" With a big laugh and a few high-fives from the rail, Zakhem returned to his seat just in time for the next deal.

They're still working on poker etiquette here in the new breadbasket of tournament poker.

Eleventh-Hour Double

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First into the pot from the small blind, Omar Geadah moved all in for 120,000 total. In the big, the very vocal Nicolas Zakhem peeked at his cards and quickly called, adding, "Hold, baby!" as he tabled {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}. Geadah turned over {K-Hearts} {7-Hearts}, putting his tournament hopes in the hands of the king and the axe.

The dealer ran out the board of {9-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {K-Spades}, and Geadah came from behind to pair up his king, earning himself a much-needed double up just before the dinner bell.

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

Kamar Sliding

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We just caught the tail end of a three-way pot over on Table 1. On the river, the board read {6-Hearts} {K-Spades} {9-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {8-Hearts}, and there were 69,000 chips in the pot. The first two players checked, and Kamal Bejjani put out a healthy bet of 70,000. Henry B. quickly folded his small blind, but Fadi Kamar would take serveral minutes to agonize over his decision. It would cost him about one third of his chip stack to call, and he eventually did just that. Bejjani tabled {A-Hearts} {7-Spades} for the ace-high flush, and Kamar flashed the {J-Hearts} as he sent his cards into the muck. He's slipped all the way back to 155,000 now.
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