David Benefield limped the button with Jeff Williams and Sam Trickett coming along to see a flop of .
Play checked to Benefield who fired 80,000. Williams folded but Trickett made the call. The turn was th and Trickett this time led at the pot for 200,000. Benefield made the call.
The river was the and Trickett deliberated for a long time before committing another 200,000 into the middle. Benefield looked him up but mucked when Trickett tabled for a full house. He's up to 3.8 million with Benefield back down to 1.25 million.
It wasn't long after the break when Peter Gilmore raised to 140,000 and Amit Makhija moved all in for 345,000. Jeff Williams called in the big blind as did Gilmore.
The two live players checked down a board of in an attempt to eliminate the short stack. It didn't work as Makhija showed down the best hand with . Gilmore showed and Williams had .
From the small blind, David Benefield limped into the pot, and Jeff Williams moved all in from the big. Benefield loved that, and he snap-called to put his tournament life on the line. He was in rather good shape, however:
Benefield: (sneaky)
Williams: (standard)
There was no help for Williams on board, and Benefield will be sticking around thanks to the dealer running out for the community cards. That gives Mr. Benefield the double up to 1.83 million, while Williams slides back a bit to 3.6 million
Jeff Williams made a friendly limp first into the pot from the small blind, and Samuel Trickett took a freebie flop from the big.
The dealer rolled out the first three board cards: , and Trickett called a bet of 75,000.
The on the turn drew another bet from Williams, 175,000 this time. Trickett was right there with another call.
The last card off was the , and Williams loaded up another 475,000 chips and fired them at the pot. That was finally enough to push Trickett out of the way, and the pot goes to Williams.
Amit Makhija opened to 115,000 from the cutoff seat, and Samuel Trickett matched the bet, coming along with him from the big blind.
Heads up, the flop came down , and Trickett checked to the raiser. Makhija fired out 140,000, and Trickett didn't waste too much time with the call, and the repeat dropped on the turn. That drew checks from both players, and the completed the board. When Trickett checked a third time, Makhija put out 375,000 across the imaginary betting line. He looked a bit surprised when Trickett announced a check-raise, sliding forward a total of 1.1 million in a tower of green chips. Makhija hemmed and hawed and tanked and eventually called for the majority of his own chips.
Trickett turned up for the full house, and Makhija slowly pushed his cards into the muck, waving goodbye to all but 525,000 of his newly-acquired chips.
Trickett is all the way up to 3.7 million, sitting dead even with Jeff Williams as the chip leaders.
The first raise came from Amit Makhija, opening the pot to 115,000 from the button. That drew another three-bet from David Benefield, coming over the top to 300,000 once again. Makhija promptly shoved all in for 730,000, and Benefield called off the extra chips to put the dangerous Makhija at risk. Let's flip a coin, shall we?:
Makhija:
Benefield:
The flop was a beautiful sight for Makhija, coming down to give him the set and reduce Benefield's outs to just four. The turn was a safe blank, and so was the that landed on fifth street.
Tens full earn Makhija the double up, and he's clawed his way back to about 1.5 million, while Benefield is now the shortest stack in the room with 845,000.
Peter Gilmore raised to 115,000 first in from the button, and David Benefield three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind. Gilmore instantly called, and the two men took a flop of . Benefield led out with 330,000 chips, and that was good enough to earn him the pot without too much trouble.
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and Trickett this time led at the pot for 200,000. Benefield made the call.
and Trickett deliberated for a long time before committing another 200,000 into the middle. Benefield looked him up but mucked when Trickett tabled 
for a full house. He's up to 3.8 million with Benefield back down to 1.25 million.
in an attempt to eliminate the short stack. It didn't work as Makhija showed down the best hand with 
. Gilmore showed 
and Williams had 
.
(sneaky)
(standard)
for the community cards. That gives Mr. Benefield the double up to 1.83 million, while Williams slides back a bit to 3.6 million
, and Trickett called a bet of 75,000.
on the turn drew another bet from Williams, 175,000 this time. Trickett was right there with another call.
, and Williams loaded up another 475,000 chips and fired them at the pot. That was finally enough to push Trickett out of the way, and the pot goes to Williams.
to give him the set and reduce Benefield's outs to just four. The turn 
that landed on fifth street.