Ben Yu Poker Tournament Updates

Ubaid Habib Takes Out Ben Yu

Jul 18, '19

Ben Yu moved all in for his last 32,000 from middle position and the action folded around to Kristen Bicknell on the button.

Bicknell only had 11,000 behind, and asked for a count, presumably to see how many big blinds Yu was shoving with. After nearly a minute, she opted to fold, and Ubaid Habib quickly called behind her in the big blind with pocket aces.

Yu showed down a decent enough hand to crack aces in J10, but couldn’t quite catch up on a board of QJ794.

“I had pocket sixes,” said Bicknell after the hand.

Habib now has a massive stack of 295,000, which is more than double the average stack at the moment.

Player Tags: Ubaid Habib,   Ben Yu

Ben Yu's River Shove Gets Through

Jul 17, '17

With a flop of KQ7 the player who was in the small blind bet 3,600. Ben Yu made it 10,000 to go and the small blind made the call.

The turn brought the 3 and both players checked.

The river brought the 5 and the small blind checked again. After some thought Yu announced that he was all-in. The Small blind pondered a call but eventually mucked and Yu chipped up to just under 60,000.

Player Tags: Ben Yu

Level 22 Update: Justin Bonomo Out 9th, Greg Mueller Out 8th, Ben Yu Out 7th

Jun 22, '13

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000-24,000

Players Remaining: 6 out of 170

Average Chip Count: 425,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Brian Aleska – 715,000
Seat 3: Todd Witteles – 587,000
Seat 5: Dom Denotaristefani – 405,000
Seat 6: Ronnie Bardah – 483,000
Seat 7: Gabriel Nassif – 136,000
Seat 9: Michael Moore – 225,000

Players Eliminated:

9th: Justin Bonomo – $19.863
8th: Greg Mueller – $24,721
7th: Ben Yu – $31,264

Live Updates:

Justin Bonomo Eliminated in Ninth Place ($19,863)

Greg Mueller raised preflop and Justin Bonomo reraised all in. Mueller called and the two players tabled their hands.

Mueller: A6
Bonomo: J9

Board: K8510A

Bonomo was eliminated in ninth place and Mueller grew his stack to 250,000 thanks to a pair of aces.

Greg Mueller Eliminated in Eighth Place ($24,721)

Gabriel Nassif raised preflop and Greg Mueller reraised all in. Nassif called to cover him and they turned over their cards.

Nassif: AJ
Mueller: A4

Board: KK852

Mueller was eliminated in eighth place and Nassif grew his stack to 150,000 thanks to a jack-kicker.

Ben Yu Eliminated in Seventh Place ($31,264)

Todd Witteles raised preflop and Ben Yu called. The first three cards hit 753 and Yu raised. Witteles raised and Yu called all in. The two players then revealed their hands.

Witteles: J7
Yu: J4

Turn and River: A10

Yu was eliminated in seventh place and Witteles was up to 600,000 thanks to a pair of sevens.

Player Tags: Greg Mueller,   Justin Bonomo,   Ben Yu