That's Poker, Baby

Nicolas Zakhem opened the pot from early position with a raise to 42,000. On down the line, Sassine Ghassan put in a re-raise to 92,000. When it came back to Zakhem, he considered for several minutes before splashing in the call, heads up to the flop.

It brought {9-Clubs}

, and Zakhem instantly announced an all in. Ghassan would consider for two or three minutes before open-mucking ace-queen.

Zakhem stood from his chair and yelled, "Baby!" as he slammed {A-Hearts}

down onto the table with a roaring thump. "I love it," he screamed at the top of his voice. "Woooo, I love it. That's poker baby!!!" With a big laugh and a few high-fives from the rail, Zakhem returned to his seat just in time for the next deal.

They're still working on poker etiquette here in the new breadbasket of tournament poker.