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2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
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
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, Fadi Kamar checked, and Chady Merhej made an over bet of 45,000 into a pot of about 35,000. Without much delay, Kamar raised enough to put Merhej all in, about 120,000 total. After much deliberation and staring at the time clock and payout schedule, Merhej called all in for his tournament life.Showdown
Kamar:
Merhej:
The all-in player was in bad shape with one foot already out the door. The turn came the
, and a useless 
filled out the board. Queens hold for Kamar, earning him the knockout and chipping him up to just at 400,000.
Said Kheir was all in against Sherif Zacca.Kheir:
Zacca:
The board ran out
to see Kheir double through to over 250,000 as Zacca slipped to 175,000 and change
. The big blind tabled , drawing a repeat, "Let's race, baby!" from Zakhem.The board was a big sweat but ultimately useless as it ran out
. With his lowly deuces holding up, Nicolas Zakhem has knocked off another player, putting us down to 40 remaining.
Nabil Matta moved all in, and was called by an opponent for his tournament life.Matta:
Opponent:
The turn and river fell the
and to see Matta send his opponent to the rail, while climbing to 410,000 in chips.
Karagulleyan:
Opponent:
The board ran out
to see Karagulleyan hit the rail short of what many expected him to finish.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
with about 14,000 chips in the pot. Action was on Sejaan Saadeh, and he led out with a bet of 10,000. Next door, Maged Khoury moved all in for a total of 41,400, sending Saadeh deep into the tank. A few quick words were exchanged in Arabic, and in the end, the covering player announced a call and slapped his 
onto the table. He would soon find out what a good call it was as Khoury showed up 
."Hold!" yelled Saadeh. The turn brought a bit of help to Khoury as the
gave him a gutterball straight draw to add four more outs to the win. "Valet!" he screamed, pleading for a jack. He would brick off though as the river brought a useless and the end of Khoury's day.
With the action on the big blind, Keirouz spoke out of turn and announced his intentions to move all in.
The big blind ummed and ahhed for nearly three minutes before folding pocket sevens.
Keirouz moved all in and Allam made the call to see both players table the same hand in
and respectively.The board ran out
to see Keirouz and Allam chop it - much to the thanks for the big blind folding!
drew a bet from chip leader Sherif Zacca. He found action only from Sevag Heybelian who came along with the call.The turn card came the
, and Zacca fired another 27,000 at the pot. Instantly, Heybelian moved all in, and Zacca asked for a count. As soon as he could eyeball the remainder, he made the quick call to put Heybelian at risk.Showdown
Zacca:
Heybelian:
"Sorry, Zacca," said Heybelian, quickly adding, "No queen!" The dealer obliged with a blank
on the river notching a second consecutive double up for Heybelian. "Very sorry, Zacca," he repeated. Heybelian predicted he would win this tournament, even as he was down under 40,000 earlier this level. He's got a much better shot at fulfilling that prophecy with his newfound stack that's approaching 150,000, finally back above average.
