Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 5,000
2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
$10,000 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Lebanese Poker Championship
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,925,100
Entries
207
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
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. Ojeil turned over 
, and Geadah was hoping to fade an ace to double up.The board cooperated with his wishes as it ran
, doubling him up to right around 600,000. That loss drops Ojeil down to 690,000.
The flop showed up
, and Geadah would fold to a bet of 200,000. Saab flashed his 
to ease his opponent's mind, but his chip stack has slipped to 280,000.
On the first hand, he and Walid Rizkallah tangled up in a sizable pot. On the turn, the board showed
, and Rizkallah moved all in for 560,000. After some deep thought, Saab made quite a call with 
. Walid showed up no pair, but his 
was looking to fill a monster draw. The 
that spiked the river gave Saab two pair but it completed Rizkallah's straight to give him a huge double up.Saab - 1,340,000
Rizkallah - 1,490,000
*****
On the next hand, Chadi Ojeil moved all in under the gun, committing his final 440,000 to the pot. On around the table, Imad Saab made the call from the cutoff seat to put Ojeil at risk of elimination.
Showdown
Ojeil:
Saab:
Things would turn sour once again for Saab as the board ran out
. With his two pair, Ojeil picks up a much-needed double up, working his stack up to exactly 1,000,000.After those two consecutive losses, Saab has dropped all the way back to 895,000, now near the bottom of the pack once again.
Heads up, the flop came out
, and Saab moved all in for 565,000. After some long deliberation, Ojeil made the call with the covering stack, his opponent's tournament life now on the line. Saab turned over 
, and he was thrilled to see that he had his opponent's 
out-kicked, poised for a double up. The turn 
kept him in the lead, and the that filled out the river locked up the largest pot of the tournament for Imad Saab.With that win, he has leapfrogged up to a whopping 2,060,000, dropping Ojeil down to just 450,000.
, and Matta checked. Rizkallah continued out with another 200,000, and his opponent quickly called.The turn card came the
, and this time Matta led out into the pot with 200,000 of his own chips. That was enough to get Rizkallah out of the way and send a nice chip-up pot over to Matta.Rizkallah - 740,000
Matta - 1,710,000
Showdown
Kamar:
Saab:
One never likes to see two of the same card on the flop when all in with a small pair, but alas, the dealer spread
. The that hit the turn added even more scare cards for the all-in Kamar, but the river was a safe blank. With his lowly threes holding up, Fadi Kamar has worked himself a double up, sitting now right on 700,000. That hit drops Saab back to 1,050,000.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
The
was checked down to see Matta fire 60,000 at the pot while Zakhem wondered off visibly distraught when the Ace fell on the turn.Rizkallah mucked his hand and Matta tabled his
to send Zakhem to the rail when he angrily slammed down his after being outdrawn on the turn.Zakhem heads to the rail in 7th place for a tidy payday of US$77,000 for his efforts over the past three days.