2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info

2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9♥8♠
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

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Among the unusual things about this event is the noticeable presence of smoke in the tournament area. In most major tournament venues, smoking is restricted to the area outside of the room or even outside of the building entirely. That is not the case here at the Casino du Liban. In here, as is the case in most of Lebanon, smoking is permitted nearly everywhere.

We are gathered into a spacious auditorium for this event with the 22 tables pressed toward the front half of the room. While smoking is not allowed in the immediate table area, one merely has to move a few steps away behind the velvet ropes to light up. The result is a thin but ever-present cloud of smoke lingering just above the players' heads.