Zacca Makes His Move

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We walk over to one of the far tables to see a big pot brewing preflop. The cutoff and both blinds were involved, and there were just less than 50,000 chips already piled in the middle of the table as the dealer ran out a flop of {8-Diamonds}

. Sherif Zacca and Hicham Fakhoury checked from the blinds, and big stack Nabil Matta fired a near-pot-sized bet of 40,000. After some deep consideration, Zacca elected to check-raise to 110,000, enough to quickly fold Fakhoury.

Matta wasn't so quick to act though, and he would take several minutes to mull over his decision. About halfway through his tank time, he asked his opponent to count down his stack, and Zacca had around 100,000 behind.

After another few minutes, Zacca said, "Time, please," and the dealer announced it to the floor person. There would be no countdown though; Matta instantly slid his cards into the muck. Unable to resist, Zacca showed up his {10-Diamonds}

, and his bluff earns him the massive pot. With that win, he's taken a big boost up to 290,000, fighting now for the chip lead.

Matta went the other way though, slipping back to 180,000.

Tags: Hicham Fakhoury Nabil Matta Sherif Zacca