Trung Pham Gets Massive Double Through Griffin Benger
Dec 15, '18
We missed the action but walked up to the table to see Trung Pham’s final 458,000 being doubled up by Griffin Benger.
Benger held A
K
, Pham held A
A
, and the board read 6644Q.
Benger was left with just three big blinds, while Pham is pushing seven figures.
Player Tags: Griffin Benger, Trung Pham
Some Chip Counts From The Field
Dec 15, '18
There are still a lot of players left in this tournament (115 at the moment), so we’ll be bringing you some chip counts from the field a few tables at a time. Here’s the first batch.
| Player Name |
Chip Count |
| Griffin Benger |
285,000 |
| Mike Leah |
280,000 |
| Bruce Kramer |
160,000 |
| Jordan Cristos |
155,000 |
| Will Givens |
135,000 |
| John Morgan |
85,000 |
| Kristina Holst |
85,000 |
| Sorel Mizzi |
78,000 |
| Andy Philachack |
77,000 |
| John Racener |
71,000 |
| Ankush Mandavia |
70,000 |
| Ryan Phan |
53,000 |
| Eddy Sabat |
53,000 |
| Steve Sung |
43,000 |
| Ravi Raghavan |
40,000 |
| Jay Farber |
40,000 |
| Shannon Shorr |
32,000 |
| Maurice Hawkins |
26,000 |
Player Tags: Griffin Benger
Griffin Benger Eliminated By Jason Xu (18th - $12,353)
Dec 16, '18
Jason Xu raised to 35,000 and Griffin Benger reraised to 103,000. Xu then moved all in and Benger called with 1010.
Xu held AK for a coinflip, and managed to hit when the board fell A7483.
Benger, who was at one point down to just 2.5 big blinds on the money bubble, was eliminated in 18th place. Xu now has 1,130,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Griffin Benger
