Said El Harrak Is Your Chip Leader
Oct 18, '18
Now sitting on 170,000, Said El Harrak is currently the day 1B chip leader.
El Harrak said that he got most of his chips in a pot with A
K. He had raised preflop and was called by the big blind, who then checked-raised on a flop of 65
3.
El Harrak made the call and both players checked the Q
on the turn. The river was the J and the big blind bet 5,000.
El Harrak raised to 15,000, and the big blind moved all-in for 40,000. El Harrak called with the nut flush, and was shown 6-5 for two pair.
Player Tags: Said El Harrak
Said El Harrak Wins A Race To Surpass 1.2 Million
Oct 20, '18
Facing an all-in from the player on the button, Said El Harrak shoved all-in himself and drew folds from the rest of the table. El Harrak held the AK
and was up against the QQ.
The board came down J1028K and El Harrak made the best hand on the river to secure the pot and the knockout. He now sits with over 1.2 million.
Player Tags: Said El Harrak
Said El Harrak Eliminated In Fourth Place ($39,235)
Oct 21, '18
Said El Harrak raised to 320,000 and Steve Jun three-bet to 950,000 from the big blind. El Harrak then moved all in for 4,500,000 and Jun snapped him off with pocket aces.
El Harrak needed a lot of help with KQ and got some on a flop of Q64. The turn was the K, improving him to two pair and giving him the advantage.
Unfortunately for the professional boxer, the river was the A, giving the big pot to Jun, who now has 12,650,000 in chips. El Harrak picked up $39,235 for his deep run.
Player Tags: Said El Harrak, Steve Jun
El Harrak Wins Big Showdown Against Zuidema
Oct 21, '18
Said El Harrak raised to 275,000 on the button and Brandon Zuidema called from the big blind. The flop fell 1084 and Zuidema check-called 235,000. The turn was the 4 and Zuidema check-called 525,000.
The river was the Q and this time both players checked. Zuidema held pocketfives, but El Harrak’s A10 won the showdown.
El Harrak now has 4,700,000, and Zuidema takes over status as the short stack with 3,300,000.
Player Tags: Said El Harrak
Zuidema Takes From El Harrak
Oct 21, '18
Said El Harrak raised to 125,000 from the hijack with A3 and was three-bet to 320,000 by Brandon Zuidema with AQ.
The flop fell AJ2 and El Harrak checked. Zuidema bet 275,000, which was called. The turn was the 8, and this time, Zuidema bet 400,000.
El Harrak eventually folded, bringing his stack to 3,900,000, which is still good enough for second place. Zuidema is now up to 6,800,000.
Player Tags: Said El Harrak, Brandon Zuidema
Eric Jeffries Gets Quick Double Up At The Final Table
Oct 21, '18
Said El Harrak raised to 125,000 and was met with a three-bet shove from Eric Jeffries for his last 810,000. El Harrak made the call with pocket jacks and was a good favorite to score the knockout against Jeffries’ A8.
The board ran out AQ3106, however, and Jeffries doubled up. El Harrak was left with 4,200,000 after the hand.
Player Tags: Said El Harrak, Eric Jeffries
Mike Eskandari Eliminated (11th - $7,615) By Said El Harrak
Oct 21, '18
After beating him with a full house on a previous hand, Said El Harrak got the rest of Mike Eskandari’s chips in a preflop confrontation.
Eskandari held AQ and was flipping against El Harrak’s pocket eights. The board fell 33247 and Eskandari shipped his last chips across the table.
El Harrak now has 4,900,000 in chips and the final ten are redrawing for the final table.
Player Tags: Massoud Eskandari, Said El Harrak
A player in early position limped in, as did the player on the button. Said El Harrak completed the small blind and the big blind raised to 1,200. Both limpers called and so did El Harrak.