Event 17: Fady Khabbaz – 5th Place ($23,670)

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 520

Fady Khabbaz

Scott Baumstein raised to 150,000 from under the gun, Igor Tretyakov called from the cutoff and Fady Khabbaz three-bet all in for 400,000 from the big blind. Baumstein four-bet shoved, chasing out Tretyakov.

Baumstein:  5d5s
Khabbaz:  JcJs

The board ran out 5c2h6d3d2c, giving Baumstein fives full of deuces to eliminate Khabbaz in fifth place.

It’s also the second time Baumstein’s pocket fives have eliminated an opponent holding pocket jacks at the final table.

Scott Baumstein  –  3,200,000  (43 bb)
Fady Khabbaz  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($23,670)

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