Poker History
In the final hand Annette Obrestad had a slight chip lead with 3,851,000 over Tabatabai with 3,381,000, Tabatabai in the small blind flat called Obrestad's big blind, Obrestad raise the pot from 68,000 to 138,000, Tabatabai flat called the preflop raise that brought the pot to 208,000, the flop came 7♣ 6♣ 5♥, Obrestad lead out with a 250,000 bet bringing the pot to 458,000, Tabatabai re-raised an additional 750,000, Obrestad then went all-in which was called by Tabatabai who had flopped two pair with 5♠6♦, however Obrestad had flopped top set with 7♥ 7♠, Tabatabai, nearly drawing dead in need of two running cards fives or sixes for quads to win the hand or two running cards for a straight on the board for a chop, the turn brought the 2♣, securing Obrestad the win, the irrelevant river card was the Q♥.
Tabatabai earned £570,150 ($1,147,770 USD) for his second place finish.
All Africa Poker Tournament
In March 2008, John Tabatabai won the 12th All Africa Poker Tournament collecting one million Rand ($127,584) for his achievement.
Australian Heads Up Championships
In January 2009, John won another title when he finished first in the Australian Heads Up Championships (an event during the Aussie Millions) which gave him the Aussie Millions Gold Ring and AU$100,000. John Tabatabai at TheHendonMob 
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