Emad Tahtouh has picked up a nice pot on the bubble. He made it 7,000 to go preflop and was called by J Choi. Tahtouh checked the flop of , then called a bet of 12,000 from Choi. It was "second verse, same as the first" on the turn, only this time the bet was 22,000. Both players checked the river , where Tahtouh turned over for top two pair and the winner.
Tahtouh is up to 144,000; Choi is down to 160,000.