Nahid Needed This Tournament
After disappointing himself with his play in the Monster Stack event, Kareef Nahid said he needed a tournament to cleanse his poker playing soul.
So he entered the Salute to Warriors and after a rocky start — he busted out in short order with his first buy-in — he believes he has found a groove.
"I'm playing much better," Nahid said. "Just blew it in the Monster Stack. After getting off to a good start, I bluffed off a third of my chips in the last couple hands of the flight, then returned the next day and was out in two hands.
"I needed to get back on point."
A couple of come-from-behind wins — fours cracking aces and a gutshot straight — has Nahid near the top of the leaderboard, but there are still some 400 players to be eliminated before play is done for the evening.
Nahid has busted seven players from the field, and had been so dominant at his table that when a tablemate bluffed him out of a hand, the joke was that now the guy has a story to tell.
"I'm so happy I decided to play, just gotta keep paying well," Nahid said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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622,000
622,000
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622,000 |