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2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,925,100
Total Entries
207
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 207
Filter
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Hachem had turned a set holding
, but his opponent rivered a runner-runner flush to see Hachem clip to just on 18,000 in chips.The next hand Hachem would chop a pot when his
would manage two-pair on a final board reading 
against an opponent's 
.
Hachem had turned a set holding
, but his opponent rivered a runner-runner flush to see Hachem clip to just on 18,000 in chips.The next hand Hachem would chop a pot when his
would manage two-pair on a final board reading against an opponent's .
we found Chris Karagulleyan raking in a sizeable pot holding 
.His opponent couldn't best Karagulleyan's two-pair with his
to see Karagulleyan climb to over 41,000 in chips.
, Joe Hachem lost another pot back-to-back to see him slip to just above his starting stack.After opening from early position to 200 and finding a caller in the big blind, Hachem fired 300 on the flop and 800 on the turn before checking behind on the river with the board reading
.With his opponent check-calling Hachem down, his
would best Hachem's 
when the cards were tabled on the river.
and was called by Fouad Rabahie and his 
.The board ran out
to see Assaf hit the rail and Rabahie add a few needed chips to his stack.
Georges Fares pushed all in and Souhail Nassar made the call for his tournament life.Fares:
Nassar:
Needing one of only two remaining Queens in the deck to stay alive, lightning would strike for Nassar when the
landed on the river to see him double through to over 49,000 as Fares was left crippled.
. After the first two players checked, Gilbert Abela moved all in for 14,450. Action was back on Boris Chamoroff now, and he quickly made the call with the covering stack. The third player in the hand looked to be considering a call as well, but he eventually ducked out, and it was heads up for Abela's tournament life.Showdown
Abela:
Chamoroff:
Abela was poised to double up with his top pair, but he would need to fade a bunch of outs to stay alive. The turn card brought a safe
, and the that filled out the board locked up the pot and the double. With his nut flush, Abela climbs back just over his starting stack with 30,200.
