Cause for Excitement

David Benyamine limped from under the gun, Adam Hourani completed from the small blind, and Johnny Chan checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}

. 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 {4-Diamonds}

. Chan quickly bet pot. Benyamine quickly called.

Chan turned over {7-?}

for the straight and trip fours. Benyamine showed {A-Diamonds}

for trip sixes and the diamond draw.

"Diamond or pair the board!" came the cry from Benyamine's cheering section.

The river brought the {5-Spades}

, 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.

2008 World Series of Poker

2008 World Series of Poker

Cause for Excitement