Ghanem With a Pile
Level 6
: 300/600, 600 ante
Saad Ghanem was just seen with full stacks of almost every denomination of tournament chip, boasting a stack of 177,000.
He was kind enough to share how he got there: "Oh, not much (by way of exciting hands)," said Ghanem. "Just quad nines, queens versus tens, aces versus jacks, (and a) straight versus two pair."
Ghanem looks to be the chip leader with the tournament having climbed up to 225 entries, surpassing yesterday's mark of 223 in Level 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
177,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
and Sahin bet 6,000. Vang called. 
to bring the river 
, where action once again went check-check to take the hand to showdown.
and Vang looked back at his cards before sending them to the muck, earning Sahin the pot with his kings and tens.
. However, the turn 
gave Sodoma nine more outs at a flush. The river 
then hit the felt, spelling doom for the all-in player as Sodoma completed his backdoor flush to score the elimination and earn the pot.
were of no help to Schummer but he was saved on what could have been his final card of the tournament as the river fell 
to give him a pair of kings and score him the double over his opponent's queens.
and Sodoma checked to Ebanks, who made continuation-bet of 1,400. Sodoma announced a check-raise of 4,500 and Ebanks took about 20 seconds before making the call.
and Sodoma said he was all in. Ebanks quickly sent his cards to the muck.
