$10,000 Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

Jul 24, 2009

One Hundred Left

Bassel Moussa got the remaining 12,900 of his chips into the middle preflop, first into the pot. The action passed all the way around to the blinds where Sejaan Saadeh quickly and quietly said, "I call." He tabled {Q-Hearts}

, and Moussa was in a bad way with {A-Diamonds}

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The flop was no good at all for the at-risk player as it came down {Q-Diamonds}

to improve Saadeh to top set. The door would open a crack when the turn {9-Diamonds}

gave Moussa a flush draw, but it slammed closed on him when the river brought a blank {A-Hearts}

. The set of queens is the winner for Saadeh, sending Moussa to the exit with 100 players remaining.

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Jul 24, 2009

Nenad Medic Eliminated

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As Nenad Medic started heading towards the door, we quickly stopped him to see how he had been eliminated.

Medic stated that he pushed his last 5,600 into the middle holding pocket sixes, but lost the race against Ace-Queen.

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Jul 24, 2009

Laham Eliminates Hachem

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Rabih Hachem opened to 9,000 preflop before Nadia Laham made it 18,000 to go.

Hachem tanked for a little, before moving his last 28,000 into the pot with Laham making the call.

Hachem: {A-Spades}

Laham:

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}

to see Hachem hit the rail as Laham pushes to 67,000 in chips.

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Jul 24, 2009

Medic Looking For Action

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Nenad Medic has been very patiently waiting for a spot to get all in. Finally, we found him sticking his last 4,000 little chips into the pot, first in from middle position. The table folded all the way around to the blinds, and they each quickly mucked their hands in turn. Medic flashed his {A-Diamonds}

, unfortunately getting no action. Still, stealing the blinds and antes gets him up to 6,100 now.

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Jul 24, 2009

Enter Karagulleyan

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Big stack Chris Karagulleyan just came sprinting into the room a few minutes late. He's dropped about 2,000 chips in blinds and antes, but the good news is he can afford to take a small hit like that; he still has a large pile of more than 136,000 chips to work with.

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Jul 24, 2009

Push/Fold Time For the Shorties

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Two more double-up shots here in the early flurry of all ins:

Khalil Tawil had about 25,000 chips left, and they all went in preflop when he looked down at {10-Diamonds}

. Ramez Haddad looked him up, turning over {A-Hearts}

, and the race was on.

Things would turn sour for Tawil as the board ran out {J-Spades}

, and Haddad's nut flush marks the first elimination of the day.

*****

At the same time on an adjacent table, Nohad Abou Jaoude was all in before the flop with {Q-Clubs}

. Maged Khoury, fresh off his own double up, made the call to put Jaoude at risk, tabling {9-Hearts}