Benakis Cracks Shapira's Cowboys
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Francesco Bozza made it 6,000 to go from middle position and Ran Shapira three-bet the cutoff to 18,000. Pavlos Benakis was in the small blind and shoved for around 65,000, which got Bozza out of the way. Shapira, however, quickly called.
Pavlos Benakis: A♠K♥ 
Ran Shapira: K♠K♣
Benakis was behind and needed to get some help from the board in order to stay alive. The flop of 9♥8♣J♦ didn't offer much assistance to Benakis, but the A♣ turn certainly did as he made top pair, which left Shapira with just one out. That miracle one-outer didn't appear on the 7♣ river, and Benakis doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
100,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
30,000 |