An Orbit with WSOP Final Tablist Philippe Souki - "An Idiot With a Dream"
Earlier this year, Philippe Souki recorded an eighth-place finish in the WSOP Main Event for $1,075,000 and is now here in London playing in the EPT Main Event. A regular on the EPT, Souki even cashed on the UKIPT when the EPT visited London in 2013.
Hand #1: Souki folded his button.
Hand #2: After the hijack opened to 500 , Souki called in the cutoff as did both blinds. The four players checked down the 
flop and turn and the river was the 
. Abu Hamza Khalek checked his small blind and Kayhan Mokri bet 3,700 into a pot of just over 2,000. It folded back to Khalek who called.
"Five-high," said Mokri, with Khalek tabling 
for trip jacks and the winner.
Hand #3: Souki raised to 500 from the hijack and took down the blinds and antes.
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Hand #4: Souki folded from early position
Hand #5: Souki folded from under the gun
Hand #6: Souki checked his big blind after Frederic Normand limped in the small blind. They checked down the 
board and chopped the pot after Normand 
and Souki 
both tabled queen-high.
Hand #7: Souki folded his small blind to an under-the-gun open.
Any table featuring Mokri is a lively one, and this was no exception. Mokri played yesterday only to bust short of Day 2 and is joined at the table by the likes of Toby Joyce and Vladas Tamasauskas.
"I was trying to figure out where I had played with you before," Tamasauskas said to Souki. "But then I realised it's from the WSOP."
"I love Main Events. Super slow and super fun, and you get to meet cool people. But why do I always get the clinic tables," bemoaned Mokri.
"I'm not a clinic," said Souki. "I'm just an idiot with a dream!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |