
D1A
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 |
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SS Suguru Sawada | A♣5♥ UTG | 959,000(80 BB) |
YG Yamen Ghanem | A♠J♠ CO | busted |
Pocket Pair Holds for 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 |
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DM Dragoljub Martinovic | 585,000(59 BB) |
YG Yamen Ghanem | 48,000(5 BB) |
Top Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
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AA Alfie Adam | 533,000(107 BB) |
AA Amir Abbas | 423,000(85 BB) |
AS Akhilendra Singh | 378,000(76 BB) |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 376,000(75 BB) |
YG Yamen Ghanem | 374,000(75 BB) |
SN Sreekanth Narayanan | 364,000(73 BB) |
NT Noppon Taengruen | 341,000(68 BB) |
NB Nazar Buhaiov | 335,000(67 BB) |
AL Andrew Lunde | 321,000(64 BB) |
VF Victor Fryda | 306,000(61 BB) |
PK Peter Kiem | 306,000(61 BB) |
YL Yongjia Lin | 297,000(59 BB) |
AA Ahmed Abdellatif | 288,000(58 BB) |
SN Shahin Norouzian | 262,000(52 BB) |
TK Takayuki Koga | 242,000(48 BB) |
FR Fabian Rolli | 242,000(48 BB) |
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 242,000(48 BB) |
FG Fabrice Giz | 238,000(48 BB) |
TD Thai Do | 238,000(48 BB) |
DM Dragoljub Martinovic | 235,000(47 BB) |
228,000(46 BB) | |
218,000(44 BB) | |
RK Ran Koller | 215,000(43 BB) |
DA Dinesh Alt | 205,000(41 BB) |
JF Jerome Finck | 204,000(41 BB) |
JL Jun Li | 203,000(41 BB) |
Yamen Ghanem Doesn't Waver

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 |
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YG Yamen Ghanem | 71,200(178 BB) |
DM Dragoljub Martinovic | 26,700(67 BB) |
Yamen Ghanem Takes It Down
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 |
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YG Yamen Ghanem | 54,100(135 BB) |
JL Jeorge Lagatuz | 44,200(111 BB) |
DM Dragoljub Martinovic | 40,100(100 BB) |
Yamen Ghanem Puts Tournament Life on the Line
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 |
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YG Yamen Ghanem | 57,600(192 BB) |
DM Dragoljub Martinovic | 37,000(123 BB) |