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World Poker Tour

Yamen Ghanem

Israel

Blind level

Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Entries

33/259

Total Chips

12,950,000

Average

392,424

D1A

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/21/2025, 2:18:43 PM

Yamen Ghanem Bubbles Mini Championship D1A

Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Yamen Ghanem Bubbles Mini Championship D1A

Suguru Sawada opened 27,000 utg and saw Yamen Ghanem call for his last 19,000 (1.5 BB) on the cutoff.

Ghanem hoping to hang on, unfortunately exited as the day's bubble after Sawada flopped a pair on board 3♠ 2♠ 5♦ 8♥ 3♦ to take the win.

Player	Hand	Chips
SS Suguru SawadaJapan	A♣5♥ UTG	959,000(80 BB)
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	A♠J♠ CO	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/21/2025, 1:54:11 PM

Pocket Pair Holds for Dragoljub Martinovic

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Dragoljub Martinovic

Yamen Ghanem fired a 60,000 three bet on the button against a late position open and saw Dragoljub Martinovic stuff his entire 277,500 on the small blind. Ghanem put in the call with Ax Kx and was in for a flip against Martinovic's 4♦ 4♣ for a 58 big blind pot.

Board 6♦ J♦ T♣ T♥ 2♣ missed to connect with Ghanem's overcards, shipping Martinovic the huge double up.

Player	Chips
DM Dragoljub MartinovicSerbia	585,000(59 BB)
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	48,000(5 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/21/2025, 11:42:58 AM

Top Chip Counts

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Player	Chips
AA Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom	533,000(107 BB)
AA Amir AbbasAustralia	423,000(85 BB)
AS Akhilendra SinghIndia	378,000(76 BB)
SK Simas KaraliunasLithuania	376,000(75 BB)
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	374,000(75 BB)
SN Sreekanth NarayananIndia	364,000(73 BB)
NT Noppon TaengruenThailand	341,000(68 BB)
NB Nazar BuhaiovUkraine	335,000(67 BB)
AL Andrew LundeCanada	321,000(64 BB)
VF Victor FrydaFrance	306,000(61 BB)
PK Peter KiemUnited States of America	306,000(61 BB)
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	297,000(59 BB)
AA Ahmed AbdellatifAustralia	288,000(58 BB)
SN Shahin NorouzianCanada	262,000(52 BB)
TK Takayuki KogaJapan	242,000(48 BB)
FR Fabian RolliFrance	242,000(48 BB)
AV Anzhela VasylenkoUkraine	242,000(48 BB)
FG Fabrice GizFrance	238,000(48 BB)
TD Thai DoViet Nam	238,000(48 BB)
DM Dragoljub MartinovicSerbia	235,000(47 BB)
ZM Zhiqiang Meng	228,000(46 BB)
DA Daisuke Abiko	218,000(44 BB)
RK Ran KollerIsrael	215,000(43 BB)
DA Dinesh AltSwitzerland	205,000(41 BB)
JF Jerome FinckFrance	204,000(41 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	203,000(41 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/21/2025, 6:18:11 AM

Yamen Ghanem Doesn't Waver

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Yamen Ghanem

Dragoljub Martinovic opened 1,000 utg and put out 2,500 more following a raise from Yamen Ghanem on the hijack.

On board A♣ 3♣ T♦ 9♦ , Martinovic check called two streets - 1,500 and 3,000, and went on to donk bet 7,000 on river 6♥ . Ghanem shot out a final raise to 21,000, sending his opponent in the tank. Martinovic eventually found the fold and dropped down the counts once more.

Player	Chips
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	71,200(178 BB)
DM Dragoljub MartinovicSerbia	26,700(67 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/21/2025, 6:14:01 AM

Yamen Ghanem Takes It Down

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Jeorge Lagatuz opened 800 utg, called by two players behind. Yamen Ghanem on the big blind, squeezed to 4,000, and saw both Lagatuz and Dragoljub Martinovic complete.

Action on flop A♣ 3♣ 7♦ was checked to Martinovic, prompting him to bet 3,100. Ghanem check called to see turn 3♥ and arrived at river 3♠ for cheap after Martinovic checked back a street. Ghanem led out a final 6,000 and Martinovic slipped the fold.

Player	Chips
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	54,100(135 BB)
JL Jeorge LagatuzPhilippines	44,200(111 BB)
DM Dragoljub MartinovicSerbia	40,100(100 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/21/2025, 5:35:10 AM

Yamen Ghanem Puts Tournament Life on the Line

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Dragoljub Martinovic opened 700 on the cutoff and was met with a 4,500 three bet from Yamen Ghanem on the big blind. Martinovic responded with a raise to 11,500, but was left nowhere to go but out after Ghanem shoved for 45,600 total.

Player	Chips
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	57,600(192 BB)
DM Dragoljub MartinovicSerbia	37,000(123 BB)