Benger Continues to Climb; Herm Falling
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Mark Herm raised to 21,000 in middle position, there was a call on the button, Griffin Benger called out of the small blind, and Roman Valerstein defended his big blind.
The flop fell , Benger led out for 37,000, and only Herm called. The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was a third spade - the .
Benger fired out another 90,000, Herm went into the tank, and eventually the American slid his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Griffin Benger |
2,440,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
Mark Herm |
475,000
-977,000
|
-977,000 |