2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
98
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

Yury Kerzhapkin Slips

Yury Kerzhapkin in action yesterday
Yury Kerzhapkin in action yesterday
Yury Kerzhapkin opened to 6,500 before an opponent in the small blind moved all in for 26,000. Kerzhapkin made the call and the cards were tabled.

Kerzphakin: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Kerzphakin slipped to 50,000 in chips.

Tags: Yury Kerzhapkin

There's a New Sherif in Town

We caught the tail end of a heads-up contest between Sherif Zacca and Said Kheir. With the community cards already out in the middle of the table, the board read {10-Spades} {J-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}, and there were about 25,000 chips in the pot. Zacca was in the small blind first to act, and he fired out a bet of 14,000. Kheir would take a few minutes to debate his options before splashing in the call.

Zacca turned up his {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades}, and Kheir could not table anything to beat the nut straight. Zacca's Broadway was the winner winner, earning him another nice little pot. With those extra chips, he has climbed over 300,000 and is now perched firmly atop the leader board.

Tags: Said KheirSherif Zacca

Chip Counts

Here are some of the leaders at the moment.

Sherif Zacca - 320,000
Fadi Kamar - 303,000
Georges Ghassan - 220,000
Nabil Matta - 190,000

Family Feud

Saba Hachem raised first in from the button, and he picked up the blinds and antes.

I know, it wouldn't normally be noteworthy except for the fact that Maan Hachem was in the big blind. Maan is Saba's father, and the son's blind thievery drew a good chuckle from the table.

Tags: Maan HachemSaba Hachem

Bubble Boy Busts

The Bubble Boy has just hit the rail . . . but well short of the money!

Bubble Boy held {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades} to his opponent's {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}, and when the board of {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} dropped, Bubble Boy hit exited the tournament floor.

Tags: Bubble Boy

Fifty-Fifty

Just fifty players remain in the Lebanese Poker Championship. We are 29 places from the money, and just 41 spots from the final table. The average chip stack sits at 124,200 now, more than 50 big blinds.

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300

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