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. Tony Saad was in there with 
, as was the 
of Joseph Khalil.
. Dodging all three overcards, Murr picked up a crucial triple up, sitting now on about 38,000 chips. When the stacks were counted down, Khalil was left with just 50 lonely chips with which to try and make his comeback.
, and his would-be eliminator turned over 
. As the dealer ran the community cards, Merheb was already standing behind his chair and packing his belongings.
. There was no help for the at-risk player, and he has become the latest victim of Day 1.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
. The turn and river came 
and 
respectively, holding Asmar's aces and earning him a double up and then some. With that massive pot, he's taken the overall chip lead at 111,000.
flop to see Hachem fire 5,200. One opponent passed, but Homsi made the call before both players checked the turn of the . Homsi slid in a stack of black 1,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 17,000 to effectively put Hachem all in. while raking in the pot to climb to 99,000 as Hachem slipped to 11,300 in chips.
roll out on the board. He continued out with another 800 chips, and Elie Sokhn was the lone caller.
, and Medic fired another 1,300. After some debate, Sokhn came along with another call. The river card brought the 
and another bet from Medic. He fired 3,100 this time, and Sokhn would spend some time in the tank. For a while, it looked as if he might move all in as he gathered all of his chips into one neat stack. After several minutes though, he elected to just smooth call. , eliciting a shocked look from Sokhn. He open-mucked his 
, not good enough. Medic has picked up a much-needed pot, moving back up just over 15,000.
in a heads-up confrontation. First to speak was Mohsen Abdallah, and he led out with a bet of 2,000. His opponent, Dory Hajjar, moved all in for about 9,000 total. Without much debate, Abdallah called with the slightly covering stack, turning over 
. Hajjar was in the lead and looking to double up with as his opponent tapped the felt in acknowledgement. The turn was a blank, but the river was a disaster for the at-risk player, sending him storming out of the room after falling victim to Abdallah's two pair.
