2009 Lebanese Poker Championship

$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
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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

Chucri Finds Cowboys

Sassine Gazaleh opened the pot with a late-position raise to 40,000. Two seats over, Patrick Chucri moved all in for a total of 60,000. Next door, Omar Geadah was considering for some time, and he too eventually moved all in for a total of 180,000. When it came back to Gazaleh, he hemmed and hawed and folded {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} face-up, giving Geadah a rebate.

Showdown
Chucri: {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}
Geadah: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

The board ran out {8-Hearts} {4-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {6-Clubs}, holding Chucri's kings. Gazaleh slammed the felt with his fist on seeing the river card, having folded what would have been the nut flush. In any event, Chucri picks up the nice pot, more than tripling up by virtue of the blinds and antes in the pot. He's back just shy of 200,000 now.

Tags: Omar GeadahPatrick ChucriSassine Gazaleh