In only a few hands, Paul El-Khouri has gone from short-stacked to one of the leaders here on this final table of The Second Chance. After doubling through Benny Chen with
over
, he chipped up before finding another big double-up.
He opened to 18K from under the gun, and Jason Helder called in position. Heads-up on the flop, Paul fired 27K after the dealer rung out
. Jason made the call, and they went to the
turn. This time Paul checked his option, and called the 45K bet Jason threw out. When the river brought the
, putting a 4th diamond on board, Paul checked again. Jason put the pressure on by announcing all-in, but Paul made a quick confident call.
Jason flashed
for jacks-up, and Paul tabled the winning
for a king-high flush, earning him a pot of nearly 600K.