Lebanon’s Riyadh Fawaz has just eliminated the most popular player in this room: Joe Hachem.
Post-flop of 7♠ 10♣ 6♥ Hachem bet 6,000 to open the action from the small blind. Fawaz from the button raised to 16,000 and saw Hachem move all-in for around 50,000. The Lebanese made the call putting the PokerAce ambassador’s tournament life at risk.
Hachem: 6♣ 7♦
Fawaz: 10♦ 7♣
Hachem couldn’t get out of this hole with no sixes on the turn 3♠ and river 4♠ and he busts out of the Day 2 of the APT Main Event.
Fawaz meanwhile have earned the bragging rights of being the “man who busted out Joe Hachem”. More importantly, he has now around 200,000 in chips.