The flop came . Hourani bet 65,000, Chan folded, and Benyamine called. The turn brought the . Hourani bet 110,000, and Benyamine folded.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys
Day: 3
The flop came . Hourani bet 65,000, Chan folded, and Benyamine called. The turn brought the . Hourani bet 110,000, and Benyamine folded.
Benyamine showed for trip jacks and won the pot.
First, Adam Hourani got a walk.
Then, Phil Galfond raised to 80,000, and Johnny Chan called. Galfond bet 175,000 on a flop of , and Chan folded.
Galfond raised to 80,000, taking the blinds, showing A-A-x-x again.
Gerasimov:
Galfond:
The flop was , the turn was the , the river was the and Galfond won the pot with trip sixes with A-J. Gerasimov was eliminated in fifth place and will take home $192,870.
Hourani sat back in his chair. To call would mean committing a third of his stack here before the flop. Finally, after a minute or so, he made the call.
The flop came . Gerasimov appeared to shake his head, grimacing slightly. He took off his sunglasses, then bet the pot. Hourani called.
Gerasimov:
Hourani:
Hourani was well ahead with his set of kings and flush draw. The turn was the and the river the , and Hourani doubled up to 1,245,000. Meanwhile, Gerasimov is now the short stack with just 105,000.
David Benyamine 1,545,000
Kirill Gerasimov 720,000
Adam Hourani 615,000
Johnny Chan 330,000
Chan, once the chip leader with over two million, is now down to only 330,000.
The flop came . It checked to Benyamine who bet 65,000. Hourani folded, and Chan check-raised to 265,000. He'd done that before to Benyamine. This time Benyamine made the call.
The turn was the . Chan quickly bet pot. Benyamine quickly called.
Chan turned over for the straight and trip fours. Benyamine showed for trip sixes and the diamond draw.
"Diamond or pair the board!" came the cry from Benyamine's cheering section.
The river brought the , and Benyamine took the pot with sixes full of fives. He's now up to 1.5 million, while Chan has slipped back to 1.12 million.
"Now I'm gonna get a little excited!" said Benyamine to his supporters.
The flop came . Galfond checked, Chan quickly bet 60,000, and Galfond made the call.
The turn was the . Both checked.
The river was the . Galfond checked, and Chan thought a moment before checking behind. Galfond showed A-10-5-2 for a six-high straight, and Chan mucked.