Name	Hassi R'Mel
Native name lang	ar
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Pushpin map	Algeria
Pushpin map caption	Location of Hassi R'Mel within Algeria
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Subdivision type	Country
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Subdivision type1	Province
Subdivision type1	Province
Subdivision name1	Laghouat
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Unit pref	Metric
Timezone	West Africa Time
Utc offset	+1
Postal code type	Postal code
Postal code	03300
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Hassi R'Mel () is a town in Algeria located near the 18th largest gas field worldwide. Hassi R'Mel is located in Laghouat Province northwest of Ghardaïa. It is the capital of Hassi R'Mel District. Hass R'Mel has an airport.

Hassi R'Mel is a hub for natural gas and oil pipelines running to coastal cities of Arzew, Algiers, and Skikda. The National Centre For Despatching Gas is also starting point for the Maghreb-Europe, Trans-Mediterranean, Medgaz and Galsi gas export pipelines supplying Southern Europe. It is the planned final destination of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline.

In Hassi R'Mel area would be located a integrated solar combined cycle power station, which thought to be the first of its kind in the world & Algeria.

References

Category:Populated places in Laghouat Province Category:Communes of Algeria

Ihsan (Sammy) Farha (born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1959) is a professional poker player. He currently lives in Houston, Texas.

Early years

Farha moved to the USA after the Lebanese Civil War broke out when he was in his teens. After settling in Wichita, Kansas in 1977, he attended the University of Kansas. He graduated with a degree in business administration and moved to Houston, Texas to work with his brother. Farha first played a game of poker a year after moving to Houston, and won several thousand dollars. He quit his job in 1990 to play poker full time.

World Series of Poker

Farha's biggest tournament finish was in the 2003 World Series of Poker main event, where he finished second to Chris Moneymaker for $1,300,000. On the second day of play Farha lost a major pot to Barry Greenstein leaving him with only 10% of the average stack. He was considering leaving at this point and was talked into staying by Greenstein. He lost the final hand to Moneymaker after going all in with a pair of jacks on the flop, only to be called by Moneymaker who had flopped bottom two pair.

In a rematch between Farha and Moneymaker a few months later, organized by PokerStars, Farha won. Farha also finished in the money in the 2005 WSOP main event.

World Series of Poker bracelets

All of Farha's bracelets have come in Omaha events.

{| class="wikitable" ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Year ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Event ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Prize Money |- | 1996 | $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys | $145,000 |- | 2006 | $5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or better) | $398,560 |- | 2010 | $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship | $488,241 |}

Other activities

Farha is working on a book, tentatively titled Luck is Not Enough, a reality TV poker series, and a video game. He is a spokesman for Harrah's casino in Las Vegas.

He has appeared on the GSN series High Stakes Poker, in seasons 1-4.

As of 2010, his total winnings exceed $2,800,000 in live tournament poker, although he tends to primarily play in high stakes Omaha cash games. His 8 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,508,396 of those winnings.

Farha also made a cameo appearance in the 2007 film, Lucky You.

Mentoring

He is the mentor of George Abdallah, who finished 2nd in the event at the 2006 WSOP.

Notes

External links

LaunchPoker.com profile

PokerPlayerProfiles.com profile

BlindBetPoker.com profile

Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Lebanese poker players Category:World Series of Poker bracelet winners