Ashraf Chehatal Claims First Ring in Event #8: $400 NLH Double Stack

While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.

In Event #8: $400 NLH Double Stack, 331 runners created a $109,230 prize pool that was paid out to the top 50 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were John Nowak (12th- $1,668), John Caldwell (15th - $1,378), Leif Force (23rd - $872), Maury Solano (24th - $872), Joo Park (26th - $779) and Arkadiy Tsinis (27th - $779).

In the end, it was Florida native Ashraf Chehatal who collected every chip in play to capture her first ring along with a $23,575 payday.

The victory not only marked Chehatal's first Circuit ring, but also his first career WSOP Circuit cash.

“I feel great,” he said after the tournament was over. “It was a long day, today and yesterday. I just had a good time and turned $400 into 23 grand. Can’t complain about that!”

Chehata’s win came after a fairly lengthy heads-up battle against runner-up finisher Mikes Bairamis. At more than one point, Chehata held a substantial lead, only to see Bairamis win a key hand to even the stacks. But eventually, Chehata wore down his opponent and collected the last of the chips.

“At this stage of the game, getting cards definitely helps out a lot, and I think the cards went my way a little bit.”

Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Ashraf Chehata	St. Augustine, Florida	$23,575
2	Mikes Bairamis	Homer, Arkansas	$14,554
3	Bradley Coultas	Estero, Florida	$10,461
4	Steven Powers	Chesapeake, Virginia	$7,644
5	Bryant Morrison	Edinburg, Texas	$5,679
6	Jacob Miller	Sleepy Hollow, New York	$4,291
7	Ofir Shmuel	Jerusalem, Israel	$3,299
8	Brett Shaffer	Beloit, Kansas	$2,581
9	Joshua Kieval	Denver, Colorado	$2,056