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2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
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
Level: 7
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Play Resumes
Chip Counts
Adham Homsi - 126,000
Sherif Zacca - 120,100
Bakhos Salah - 90,000
Chris Karagulleyan - 87,000
Ladies Hanging Around
As the Lebanese Poker Championships approach the end of the day, two lovely ladies still remain in the tournament.
Pamela Fawaz had a strong start to the day, and still sits strong with 40,475 in chips.
However Nadia Laham is on the other end of the scale, having been on the short-stack for most of the day. Recently though she has made a slight comeback climbing back to 21,950 in chips.
With more than just pride on the lines for these two ladies, they will be hoping to earn some poker respect, the coveted trophy and title of Lebanese Poker Champion!
Megerdige Makin' Moves
and there were more than 27,000 chips in the pot. In a three-handed contest, action was on Nigol Megerdige, and he led out with a bet of 6,000. A few seats over, Hassan Bittar asked for a count. Megerdige had about 18,000 behind the bet, and Bittar appeared to be contemplating a raise or at least a call. After several minutes in the tank though, he released his hand, and the third player quickly folded, sending the pot to Megerdige.The winning player stood up from his chair and slammed his
on the table with a big fist pump, bluffing his way to a huge chip increase.
Tense Table Talk
"That's good," said Bubble, but Sokhn made a gesture as if asking to see his hand. With a big frown, Bubble pushed his cards deep into the muck so as to be irretrievable. Well, that sparked a flurry of rage from Sokhn, enough to summon the floor person.
"Look," said Bubble, "you can't ask to see my hand every f***ing time." He nudged his neighbor Nenad Medic as if asking for some support in his argument, but Medic remained hush.
"I called you; you have to show your hand," insisted Sokhn. The floor person then briefly interviewed the dealer who told him that Sokhn had asked to see mucked cards on several consecutive occasions. "Okay," said the floor person, "no more asking to see cards for you."
Another mini fit of rage from Sokhan caused the floor person to elaborate: "Usually you ask to see cards to prevent collusion. You're asking to see his strategy and you can't do that."
Sokhn turned back to Bubble and needled, "That's all right, I don't need to see your cards. I can see your chips!" He finished by splashing his hands around in his newfound pile of chips, drawing no reaction from his opponent.
Medic Back To Starting Stack
Most recently, Medic fired 5,200 into a pot of around 9,500 with the bored reading
."Did you really fill up?" asked his opponent, and in a typical Medic response, he sat there emotionless and still.
Finally his opponent relinquished his hand to see Medic pushed the pot to climb back to 32,000 in chips.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Last Level (Maybe)
With original intentions to play eight full levels today, it seems as though the tournament may need to push through to the end of level nine so as to make sure that the final table is reached before day three.
Another issue is that there is a small side tournament tomorrow and the number of available tables may not be sufficient if play concludes as expected.