You just could tell … 2009 was sure to be a big year for Iran! Thought it was gonna be Farzad Rouhani who did it first at the WSOP — but he got Lisandro\’d in a Stud event.
Bahador Ahmadi took down the $2,500 Mixed Hold\’em event (limit and no-limit — first prize: $279k).
We\’re probably not gonna get the conundrum-y bracelet ceremony I was hoping for … because though Ahmadi is Iranian, he currently calls Canada (BC) his home. But if he were to claim this victory for Iran — and the WSOP were to play the Iranian national anthem — do we stand? Do we turn our backs? And whom would we be speaking to by doing so — Ahmadinejad or supporters of Mousavi?
I suppose that\’s kinda what they\’re fighting about in the streets of Tehran …
UPDATE (from Cali Jen): They\’ll be playing the Iranian national anthem tomorrow at 2:20 (or 2:50 – whatever they decide)
