Seat 6: Walid Bou Habib, 42, Beirut, Lebanon - 3,835,000
When Walid Bou Habib first appeared on the scene back in 2008 he came close to making the final table. That 19th-place finish in the EPT Grand Final for �46,300 may have made him think it would be easy but it��s taken a further five years and Main Event cashes, including a very creditable 16th place at the PCA for $100,000, for that final table to appear. Understandably he��s thrilled.
��It��s a great pleasure, really, just to prove to myself that I can do it. It was always like a big wall that I could not cross. Now, I��m crossing it,�� says Bou Habib, an engineer in food science and technology by day. The Lebanese "hobby" player is a serial online qualifier through PokerStars and has gone on to rack up $386,492 in live tournament cashes.
Seventh place will guarantee him a career largest score but given the number of short stacks left in, he��s in rude health to go significantly deeper than that as he currently sits in second place with 3,835,000. Bou Habib is married with two children (12 and 10).
*Bio courtesy of PokerStars