El Ghassan Cracks Skarparis' Aces
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Heads-up on a flop of J♥10♠9♠, Elie El Ghassan bet 90,000 from middle position before Georgios Skarparis moved all in for 320,000 in early position. El Ghassan called to put him at risk.
Georgios Skarparis: A♣A♥ 
Elie El Ghassan: 8♣7♣
Skarparis turned over a pair of aces, but El Ghassan had a flopped straight for the lead. The K♠ turn gave Skarparis some outs to his own straight, but he missed the J♣ river as El Ghassan took the pot to send the new WSOP bracelet winner to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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800,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Busted | |
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