Said El-Yousfi held a commanding chip lead just a little over an hour ago, but after 3 devastating hands in which he went all in preflop with A-K (losing every time), the table had a much more democratized chip count. It was in this context that Said and Omid Shahbazian ended up in a decisive hand that changed the course of the tournament’s late stages.
This time, Said was all in preflop again. Only, unlike the other times, he wasn’t holding the A-K, but a 
. Omid’s 
ended up the winner in this hand that was dealt 
. It was a turnaround that left Said with less than 1,000,000 chips. Several hands later he shoved again, this time against Daniel Dubeau.
The hand started with a 375,000 raise by Daniel, only called by Said. The flop came down 
, and both players checked. A 
came on the turn, and Daniel checked. Said went all in, and after a short pause to think about it, Daniel called. All this occurred as time ran out on level 32, the 10th 60-minute level of the day.
Said flipped over his 
, and was dominated by Daniel’s 
. The river was a King, but Daniels ace had Said beat. Said finished an excellent tournament in 5th place, taking home $62,300.
It marks the second final table Said made in a week here at Playground Poker Club. So while he is surely disappointed in the finish considering his earlier chip lead, hopefully he will look back on this week at a later date and consider it a great success.
