2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
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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
Players Left 1 / 207

Push/Fold Time For the Shorties

Khalil Tawil (on Day 1) - Eliminated
Khalil Tawil (on Day 1) - Eliminated
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} {10-Clubs}. Ramez Haddad looked him up, turning over {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}, and the race was on.

Things would turn sour for Tawil as the board ran out {J-Spades} {8-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {5-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} {Q-Spades}. Maged Khoury, fresh off his own double up, made the call to put Jaoude at risk, tabling {9-Hearts} {9-Spades}.

Jaoude was sitting pretty for a double up, but it was not meant to be. The dealer ran out the community cards {8-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}, and Khoury comes charging from behind to make the winning set of nines, eliminating Jaoude from Day 2.