2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 1
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

Megerdige Makin' Moves

Walking up to Table 1, we see that the river was already down on a board reading {K-Spades} {3-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {7-Spades} {K-Diamonds} 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 {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} on the table with a big fist pump, bluffing his way to a huge chip increase.