Daher Increases His Lead

From the cutoff seat, Antonio Brando raised to 8,500. Chip leader Albert Daher was in the small blind, and he reraised to 22,500. After the big blind folded, action fell back on Brando. He reraised to 43,500, but that wasn't enough to scare Daher away. Instead, Daher reraised to 69,500. Brando studied, but eventually folded, and Daher won the pot. After Brando folded, Daher showed the .

Daher has over $450,000 in career earnings, with his largest score coming from just last month in August when he took second in the World Poker Tour Merit Cyprus Classic Main Event for $160,200. The month before, Daher took second in the Merit World Cup of Poker Main Event for $137,299. He also has one World Series of Poker cash from 2012 and a cash in the European Poker Tour London Main Event last season for £15,000 after he took 28th place.