Benyamine Eliminated as Negreanu Rakes Massive Pot
Two of the biggest stacks in the room belonged to Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu and Eugene Katchalov. They just clashed with David Benyamine stuck in the middle. After it was all said and done, Benyamine was eliminated while Negreanu raked in an enormous pot to take a big chip lead. Here's how it went down.
Negreanu opened with a raise to 28,000 from under the gun. Action then folded over to Eugene Katchalov on the button. He flat-called. David Benyamine was in the big blind with 153,000. When action got to him, he stuck all of those chips in the middle, reraising all in. Play was now back on Negreanu and he thought for a bit. Negreanu reraised to 278,000, but Katchalov didn't go anywhere. Although Negreanu had shown a lot of strength, Katchalov took his time and fired back with another raise to 528,000. This pot was getting huge and the crowd swarmed the table.
Benyamine was caught in the middle with action now back on Negreanu. He thought for a little while and then shipped it all in for a total bet worth 1.189 million, or 661,000 more to Katchalov. It was now Katchalov's turn to tank. He thought for several minutes. It was a painful process, but he finally gave it up, allowing Negreanu to scoop the big side pot. The hands were then tabled.
Negreanu: 
Benyamine: 
The flop came down 
and kept Negreanu in front. The turn brought the 
and the river the 
. Negreanu's kings held and all of the chips were pushed his way as Benyamine exited from the tournament. Meanwhile, Katchalov was left licking his wounds after getting knocked back to 560,000. Negreanu is by far and away the chip leader with around 1.9 million in his stack.