El Khoury Takes a Few
Level 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
On the hand following Jeffrey Hakim's elimination, the table folded around to Robert Romeo who opened with a raise to 180,000 from the cutoff seat, good enough to claim the blinds and antes.
The next hand saw Remi Castaignon open-raising the minimum to 160,000 from the small blind, then Joseph El Khoury called from a seat over. The flop brought three big cards — 
— and both players checked fairly quickly. The turn was the 
and brought a couple of checks again.
The river then brought the 
. Castaignon checked once more, and when El Khoury took the invitation to push out a bet of 130,000 the chip leader let it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,720,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
1,850,000
140,000
|
140,000 |