A Rollercoaster of Emotions for Abouelkheir

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Saleh Abouelkheir recalled a hand where he went from excited to shove it in to dreading the decision.

Abouelkheir held 8♥8♦K♣J♣, and action was fairly light until the river peeled the 5♣5♠6♣7♦8♠. Joseph Sylvain fired for pot, and Abouelkheir repotted to put the shorter stacked Sylvain all in. He took no time to call and revealed 5♥5♦7♠K♦ for flopped quads.

Joseph Sylvain: 222,500
Saleh Abouelkheir: 55,700

As of this post, Abouelkheir has battled back and received a few massive double ups to become the current chip leader. He sits at 353,000, with the next closest player playing 217,000.

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