Badih Bou-Nahra (aka Bob) recorded his second WSOP cash during the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. His first came in 2008, when he finished 51st in a $2,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $7,500. Talk about a repeat performance! He finished in seventh in the 2011 Main Event for $1.3 million after entering the 2011 WSOP November Nine with the sixth largest stack at 19.7 million..

In November 2008, Bou-Nahra took down a $1,020 No Limit Hold’em Second Chance tournament during the PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour’s stop in San Jose, Costa Rica for $30,000. The five-figure score was his largest live cash prior to the 2011 WSOP Main Event.

He has also found success on the island nation of Aruba, where he banked $8,000 for taking 50th in the Aruba Poker Classic in 2007. Two years later, Bou-Nahra was back in the money in Aruba, this time finishing as the runner up to Renea Mahaffey in a $1,000 No Limit Hold’em preliminary event.

Although he started Day 8 of the 2011 Main Event in Las Vegas with the second smallest stack, he quickly shot into the top ten. On a flop of 6-5-J, Bou-Nahra led out for 675,000 and online poker pro Phil USCphildo Collins moved all-in. Bou-Nahra called all-in for his remaining stack of 4.56 million and both players tabled their cards, with over 10 million in chips hanging in the balance.

Collins showed K-J for top pair, but Bou-Nahra had him dominated with 6-5 for bottom two pair. The board ran out 10-4 and Bou-Nahra doubled up – talk about good timing heading into the 2011 WSOP November Nine.

Collins’ involvement in the hand may have been a product of an earlier pot where Bou-Nahra raised to 850,000 after Collins limped before the flop. Collins thought for a few moments before relinquishing his hand and Bou-Nahra flashed a woeful 10-5 suited. He told the table while raking in the pot, “Gotta make a bluff sometimes.”

Bou-Nahra hails from Belize, where he owns and operates a card room. He was seated at the ESPN feature table when the 2011 WSOP Main Event field was redrawn at 18 players and held the fourth largest stack of his tablemates. Throughout his live poker play, you can often catch Bou-Nahra wearing a blue Belize baseball cap.