One table has been seeing crazy action all evening. And most of the ruckus has been brought on by Walide Ahmed Zazouh. And Lady Luck seems to be on his side tonight.
There are too many hands to count, where Zazouh has made players growl in disbelief, or simply shrug in despair. His funny antics at the table has every player in stitches as he busts hand after hand with “marginal” hands, to say the least.
One such hand was in progress when we were around. From player accounts we learned that there had been a decent raise from John Karantambias preflop. Zazouh called from the big blind. The flop came out: 
. Holding 
John waited on the flop for Walide’s check. “I’m weak bro”, admitted Zazouh, checking. To this statement John fired 19K into the pot, obviously wanting to push his rival out of the pot as quickly as possible.
Riding a wing and a prayer Walide called with 
; bottom pair. When the turn came out 
Walide went all-in and got the call from John Karatambias. “You know I’ve got the five!” Walide exclaimed, standing up and grinning wildly. Players were shaking their heads and looking to the ceiling, incredulous in the face of Walide’s obviously glorious good fortune.
Only a queen could save John, but it did not come. The 
on the river sealed the hand. John’s stack easily covered Walide’s, but the loss did cost him a chunk he was not eager to let go of.
As we sat down to write up this hand, the loud voice of Walide could once again be heard across the Tournament Hall. In less than 10 minutes he knocked out 3 players, including John Karatambias. There is apparently no end in sight for Walide’s unusually lucrative and long “5 minutes of fame”. Once again, as we got to the table just in time to snap a shot of Zazouh receiving a huge amount of chips from the dealer, the remaining players at the table were all laughing.
Things are quieting down as the players head into the last hands of the evening.
