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| Jun 05, '11 | 2011 42nd Annual World Series of Poker | $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship | 3 | + |
Level 23: Cloutier 7th, Karr 8th, Benvenuti 9thJun 05, '11 Blinds: 12,000-24,000 Players Remaining: 6 out of 249 Average Chip Count: 1,245,000 Chip Counts: 1. Amir Lehavot – 2,100,000 Eliminations: 7th. Eric Cloutier – $87,702 Michael Benvenuti Eliminated in 9th Place ($52,406)  Michael Benvenuti Stephen Chidwick opened for a raise to 50,000 from late position, Michael Benvenuti made a pot-sized reraise and Chidwick called. The flop came J Chidwick turned over 6 The turn and rover were the 8  McLean Karr McLean Karr opened the pot for 75,000 from the button, Sam Stein made a pot-sized reraise, Karr moved all in for around 350,000 and Stein called. Stein turned over 4 The board came J Eric Cloutier Eliminated in 7th Place ($87,702)  Eric Cloutier Eric Cloutier opened the pot for 57,000, Amir Lehavot reraised to 120,000 from the button and Cloutier called. The flop came 9 Lehavot turned over A The turn and river were the 8 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Eric Cloutier, Amir Lehavot, Stephen Chidwick, Mclean Karr, Michael Benvenuti, Sam Stein Level 22: Stein Breaks One-Million Despite Slow ActionJun 05, '11 Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 249 Average Chip Count: 830,000 Chip Counts: 1. Thomas Vinas – 1,409,000 Sam Stein Chips Up to a Million  Sam Stein Sam Stein opened the pot for 42,000 from middle position, Michael Benvenuti called from the small blind and Eric Cloutier called from the big blind. The flop came 3 The turn was the 10 The river was the 9 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Michael Benvenuti, Sam Stein Level 22: Jaffe Eliminated 10th, Final Table Now UnderwayJun 05, '11 NOTE: Play ended last night with 15 players and resumed today at 3:00pm. The final 10 players consolidated to one table, and with the elimination of Jonathan Jaffe in 10th place ($40,890), the official nine-handed final table is now underway. Blinds: 10,000-20,000 Players Remaining: 9 out of 249 Average Chip Count: 830,000 Chip Counts: 1. Jared Solomon – 1,427,000 Payouts: 1st. $573,456 Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table. Player Tags: Eric Cloutier, Thomas Vinas, Nicolas Levi, Amir Lehavot, Stephen Chidwick, Mclean Karr, Jarred Solomon, Michael Benvenuti, Sam Stein |
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| Nov 12, '10 | 2010 NAPT Los Angeles | NAPT L.A. Main Event | 1 | + |
Level 5: Obrestad, Boeree ExitNov 12, '10 Blinds: 150-300 with a 25 ante Players Remaining: 277 of 330 Eliminations: Shaun Deeb Big Hands:  James Campbell James Campbell called the all in bet from Paul Volpe and found that his pocket tens were way ahead of pocket eights. The board offered no help for the man known as paulgees and Campbell raked in the pot to move to 65,000 in chips. Michael Benvenuti Gets Back To Even On a board reading 10 Benvenuti is now sitting with 33,000, just over the starting stack. Jason Mercier Applies All In Pressure The hijack raised to 1,000 and Jason Mercier reraised to 2,475 from the cutoff. The hijack called and the flop fell J The hijack led for 6,200, leaving himself with just 22,000 behind. Mercier then moved all in and took the pot when his opponent folded. The Team PokerStars Pro now has 39,000 in chips. Shaun Deeb Busts With Trips On a board reading A Garcia snap called and showed pocket threes for the boat, while Deeb flashed a six before gathering his stuff to head out the door. Annette Obrestad Gets Bad Beat By Isaac Haxton Annette Obrestad was all in and ahead with pocket kings against the A Unfortunately, the dealer rolled out a board of 8 Player Tags: James Campbell, Annette Obrestad, Isaac Haxton, Liv Boeree, Michael Benvenuti |
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| Oct 20, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 6 | + |
Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad DominatingOct 16, '10  Annette Obrestad Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000 Average Chip Count: 104,687 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands: Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q The turn fell 7 Jeff Shulman Eliminated A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 Christian Harder Eliminated Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards: Harder: A Board: K Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated. Phil Ivey Eliminated Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards: Ivey: J The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot. Poker Tweets
Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Jeff Madsen, Annette Obrestad, Christian Harder, Michael Benvenuti Level 14 Update: Sitting On The Money BubbleOct 17, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jeff Madsen — 720,000 Average Chip Count: 262,745 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands:  Tom Marchese In a hand that went into the break, Card Player Player of the Year contender Tom Marchese moved all in on a board of 10 The river was the J Randal Flowers Takes Out Luke Vrabel Luke Vrabel was all in holding A The board bricked for Vrabel and he was eliminated.  Lauren Kling Just in time for the approaching money bubble, short stacked Lauren Kling tripled up courtesy of Jared Jaffee and Matt Affleck. Jaffee raised from under the gun and Affleck called. Kling then moved all in from the small blind for 57,400. Jaffee called and Affleck moved all in as isolation. Jaffee folded and Affleck showed AdQc. Kling revealed a superior A Kling now has 170,000. Affleck is left with 260,000 and Jaffee is still tops at the table with 620,000. Jason Koon Doubles Up Through Michael Benvenuti Gavin Smith raised to 10,500 and Jason Koon reraised to 21,000. Michael Benvenuti then reraised to 56,000 on the button and Smith folded. Koon moved all in and Benvenuti made the call with A-K. Koon showed pocket kings and they held on a board of 6 Koon is now stacked with 540,000 and Benvenuti takes a hit down to 560,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Luke Vrabel, Matt Affleck, Lauren Kling, Michael Benvenuti, Jared Jaffee, Tom Marchese, Jason Koon Never Say DieOct 19, '10 The fifth day of this tournament refuses to end. Every time a player moves all in something unlikely happens to continue play. A few hands ago a straight was dealt on the board to create a chop and stop an elimination hand cold in its tracks. A few hands later Michael Benvenuti was all in with J-6 and Jason Koon had him dead to rights with A-6 in the hole. Sure enough, the board ran out K-9-K-Q-10 to double Benvenuti up and play continues onward toward midnight. Player Tags: Michael Benvenuti, Jason Koon Randal Flowers Doubles Through Michael BenvenutiOct 19, '10 Randal Flowers got the last of his chips into the middle preflop (950,000) against Michael Benvenuti. Their cards: Flowers: K Board: 9 Flowers doubled up on the hand close to 2 million and Bevenuti was crippled with just 95,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Doubles Through Jeff MadsenOct 19, '10 Jeff Madsen raised to 48,000 from the button and Michael Benvenuti moved all in from the small blind for 456,000. Madsen called with pocket sevens and Benvenuti showed A The board fell 10 Player Tags: Jeff Madsen, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Eliminated in Second Place ($564,200)Oct 20, '10  Michael Benvenuti  6 5 and Benvenuti checked.
Flowers bet 420,000 and Benvenuti moved all in. Flowers made the call and showed 9 The turn and river fell 4 Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Skip Wilson Eliminated in Sixth Place ($112,840)Oct 20, '10  Skip Wilson The flop came down 10 Wilson shows Q Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 2: Michael Benvenuti — 2,960,000 Player Tags: Skip Wilson, Michael Benvenuti |
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| Oct 19, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 5 | + |
Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad DominatingOct 16, '10 Annette Obrestad Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000 Average Chip Count: 104,687 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands: Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q The turn fell 7 Jeff Shulman Eliminated A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 Christian Harder Eliminated Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards: Harder: A Board: K Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated. Phil Ivey Eliminated Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards: Ivey: J The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot. Poker Tweets
Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Jeff Madsen, Annette Obrestad, Christian Harder, Michael Benvenuti Level 14 Update: Sitting On The Money BubbleOct 17, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jeff Madsen — 720,000 Average Chip Count: 262,745 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands: Tom Marchese In a hand that went into the break, Card Player Player of the Year contender Tom Marchese moved all in on a board of 10 The river was the J Randal Flowers Takes Out Luke Vrabel Luke Vrabel was all in holding A The board bricked for Vrabel and he was eliminated. Lauren Kling Just in time for the approaching money bubble, short stacked Lauren Kling tripled up courtesy of Jared Jaffee and Matt Affleck. Jaffee raised from under the gun and Affleck called. Kling then moved all in from the small blind for 57,400. Jaffee called and Affleck moved all in as isolation. Jaffee folded and Affleck showed AdQc. Kling revealed a superior A Kling now has 170,000. Affleck is left with 260,000 and Jaffee is still tops at the table with 620,000. Jason Koon Doubles Up Through Michael Benvenuti Gavin Smith raised to 10,500 and Jason Koon reraised to 21,000. Michael Benvenuti then reraised to 56,000 on the button and Smith folded. Koon moved all in and Benvenuti made the call with A-K. Koon showed pocket kings and they held on a board of 6 Koon is now stacked with 540,000 and Benvenuti takes a hit down to 560,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Luke Vrabel, Matt Affleck, Lauren Kling, Michael Benvenuti, Jared Jaffee, Tom Marchese, Jason Koon Never Say DieOct 19, '10 The fifth day of this tournament refuses to end. Every time a player moves all in something unlikely happens to continue play. A few hands ago a straight was dealt on the board to create a chop and stop an elimination hand cold in its tracks. A few hands later Michael Benvenuti was all in with J-6 and Jason Koon had him dead to rights with A-6 in the hole. Sure enough, the board ran out K-9-K-Q-10 to double Benvenuti up and play continues onward toward midnight. Player Tags: Michael Benvenuti, Jason Koon Randal Flowers Doubles Through Michael BenvenutiOct 19, '10 Randal Flowers got the last of his chips into the middle preflop (950,000) against Michael Benvenuti. Their cards: Flowers: K Board: 9 Flowers doubled up on the hand close to 2 million and Bevenuti was crippled with just 95,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Doubles Through Jeff MadsenOct 19, '10 Jeff Madsen raised to 48,000 from the button and Michael Benvenuti moved all in from the small blind for 456,000. Madsen called with pocket sevens and Benvenuti showed A The board fell 10 Player Tags: Jeff Madsen, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Eliminated in Second Place ($564,200)Oct 20, '10 Michael Benvenuti 65 and Benvenuti checked.
Flowers bet 420,000 and Benvenuti moved all in. Flowers made the call and showed 9 The turn and river fell 4 Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Skip Wilson Eliminated in Sixth Place ($112,840)Oct 20, '10 Skip Wilson The flop came down 10 Wilson shows Q Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 2: Michael Benvenuti — 2,960,000 Player Tags: Skip Wilson, Michael Benvenuti |
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| Oct 17, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 3 | + |
Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad DominatingOct 16, '10 Annette Obrestad Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000 Average Chip Count: 104,687 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands: Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q The turn fell 7 Jeff Shulman Eliminated A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 Christian Harder Eliminated Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards: Harder: A Board: K Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated. Phil Ivey Eliminated Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards: Ivey: J The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot. Poker Tweets
Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Jeff Madsen, Annette Obrestad, Christian Harder, Michael Benvenuti Level 14 Update: Sitting On The Money BubbleOct 17, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jeff Madsen — 720,000 Average Chip Count: 262,745 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands: Tom Marchese In a hand that went into the break, Card Player Player of the Year contender Tom Marchese moved all in on a board of 10 The river was the J Randal Flowers Takes Out Luke Vrabel Luke Vrabel was all in holding A The board bricked for Vrabel and he was eliminated. Lauren Kling Just in time for the approaching money bubble, short stacked Lauren Kling tripled up courtesy of Jared Jaffee and Matt Affleck. Jaffee raised from under the gun and Affleck called. Kling then moved all in from the small blind for 57,400. Jaffee called and Affleck moved all in as isolation. Jaffee folded and Affleck showed AdQc. Kling revealed a superior A Kling now has 170,000. Affleck is left with 260,000 and Jaffee is still tops at the table with 620,000. Jason Koon Doubles Up Through Michael Benvenuti Gavin Smith raised to 10,500 and Jason Koon reraised to 21,000. Michael Benvenuti then reraised to 56,000 on the button and Smith folded. Koon moved all in and Benvenuti made the call with A-K. Koon showed pocket kings and they held on a board of 6 Koon is now stacked with 540,000 and Benvenuti takes a hit down to 560,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Luke Vrabel, Matt Affleck, Lauren Kling, Michael Benvenuti, Jared Jaffee, Tom Marchese, Jason Koon Never Say DieOct 19, '10 The fifth day of this tournament refuses to end. Every time a player moves all in something unlikely happens to continue play. A few hands ago a straight was dealt on the board to create a chop and stop an elimination hand cold in its tracks. A few hands later Michael Benvenuti was all in with J-6 and Jason Koon had him dead to rights with A-6 in the hole. Sure enough, the board ran out K-9-K-Q-10 to double Benvenuti up and play continues onward toward midnight. Player Tags: Michael Benvenuti, Jason Koon Randal Flowers Doubles Through Michael BenvenutiOct 19, '10 Randal Flowers got the last of his chips into the middle preflop (950,000) against Michael Benvenuti. Their cards: Flowers: K Board: 9 Flowers doubled up on the hand close to 2 million and Bevenuti was crippled with just 95,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Doubles Through Jeff MadsenOct 19, '10 Jeff Madsen raised to 48,000 from the button and Michael Benvenuti moved all in from the small blind for 456,000. Madsen called with pocket sevens and Benvenuti showed A The board fell 10 Player Tags: Jeff Madsen, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Eliminated in Second Place ($564,200)Oct 20, '10 Michael Benvenuti 65 and Benvenuti checked.
Flowers bet 420,000 and Benvenuti moved all in. Flowers made the call and showed 9 The turn and river fell 4 Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Skip Wilson Eliminated in Sixth Place ($112,840)Oct 20, '10 Skip Wilson The flop came down 10 Wilson shows Q Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 2: Michael Benvenuti — 2,960,000 Player Tags: Skip Wilson, Michael Benvenuti |
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| Oct 16, '10 | 2010 Festa Al Lago Classic | WPT Festa Al Lago Main Event | 2 | + |
Level 9 Update: Annette Obrestad DominatingOct 16, '10 Annette Obrestad Players Remaining: 128 out of 335 (Unofficial) Chip Counts: 1. Annette Obrestad — 480,000 Average Chip Count: 104,687 Notable Eliminations: Jeff Shulman Big Hands: Annette Obrestad Increases her Chip Lead Dan Schiff raised to 3,000 from the button and Annette Obrestad reraised to 10,000 from the small blind. Schiff made the call and the flop fell Q The turn fell 7 Jeff Shulman Eliminated A player under the gun raised to 3,500 preflop and Jeff Shulman made the call right behind him. The hi-jack then reraised to 11,400 and both opponents made the call. The flop fell 6 UTG mucked and the hi-jack made the call. The river fell 8 Christian Harder Eliminated Christian Harder was all in preflop and Jeff Madsen had him covered. Their cards: Harder: A Board: K Madsen won the hand to grow his stack to 265,000 and Harder was eliminated. Phil Ivey Eliminated Phil Ivey moved all in for 35,500 under the gun preflop and Michael Benvenuti made the call in late position. Their cards: Ivey: J The board bricked out on Ivey and he was eliminated on the hand. Benvenuti was up to 85,000 after collecting the pot. Poker Tweets
Player Tags: Jeff Shulman, Phil Ivey, Jeff Madsen, Annette Obrestad, Christian Harder, Michael Benvenuti Level 14 Update: Sitting On The Money BubbleOct 17, '10 Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 51 out of 335 Chip Counts: 1. Jeff Madsen — 720,000 Average Chip Count: 262,745 Notable Eliminations: David Singer Big Hands: Tom Marchese In a hand that went into the break, Card Player Player of the Year contender Tom Marchese moved all in on a board of 10 The river was the J Randal Flowers Takes Out Luke Vrabel Luke Vrabel was all in holding A The board bricked for Vrabel and he was eliminated. Lauren Kling Just in time for the approaching money bubble, short stacked Lauren Kling tripled up courtesy of Jared Jaffee and Matt Affleck. Jaffee raised from under the gun and Affleck called. Kling then moved all in from the small blind for 57,400. Jaffee called and Affleck moved all in as isolation. Jaffee folded and Affleck showed AdQc. Kling revealed a superior A Kling now has 170,000. Affleck is left with 260,000 and Jaffee is still tops at the table with 620,000. Jason Koon Doubles Up Through Michael Benvenuti Gavin Smith raised to 10,500 and Jason Koon reraised to 21,000. Michael Benvenuti then reraised to 56,000 on the button and Smith folded. Koon moved all in and Benvenuti made the call with A-K. Koon showed pocket kings and they held on a board of 6 Koon is now stacked with 540,000 and Benvenuti takes a hit down to 560,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Luke Vrabel, Matt Affleck, Lauren Kling, Michael Benvenuti, Jared Jaffee, Tom Marchese, Jason Koon Never Say DieOct 19, '10 The fifth day of this tournament refuses to end. Every time a player moves all in something unlikely happens to continue play. A few hands ago a straight was dealt on the board to create a chop and stop an elimination hand cold in its tracks. A few hands later Michael Benvenuti was all in with J-6 and Jason Koon had him dead to rights with A-6 in the hole. Sure enough, the board ran out K-9-K-Q-10 to double Benvenuti up and play continues onward toward midnight. Player Tags: Michael Benvenuti, Jason Koon Randal Flowers Doubles Through Michael BenvenutiOct 19, '10 Randal Flowers got the last of his chips into the middle preflop (950,000) against Michael Benvenuti. Their cards: Flowers: K Board: 9 Flowers doubled up on the hand close to 2 million and Bevenuti was crippled with just 95,000. Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Doubles Through Jeff MadsenOct 19, '10 Jeff Madsen raised to 48,000 from the button and Michael Benvenuti moved all in from the small blind for 456,000. Madsen called with pocket sevens and Benvenuti showed A The board fell 10 Player Tags: Jeff Madsen, Michael Benvenuti Michael Benvenuti Eliminated in Second Place ($564,200)Oct 20, '10 Michael Benvenuti 65 and Benvenuti checked.
Flowers bet 420,000 and Benvenuti moved all in. Flowers made the call and showed 9 The turn and river fell 4 Player Tags: Randal Flowers, Michael Benvenuti Skip Wilson Eliminated in Sixth Place ($112,840)Oct 20, '10 Skip Wilson The flop came down 10 Wilson shows Q Here’s a look at the updated chip counts. Seat 2: Michael Benvenuti — 2,960,000 Player Tags: Skip Wilson, Michael Benvenuti |
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| Oct 29, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 3 | + |
Kelly Kim Eliminated in 18th Place ($9,146)Oct 29, '09
Kim: K Board: Q Kelly Kim was eliminated in 18th place. Player Tags: Kelly Kim, Michael Benvenuti Isaac Baron Wins Caesars Palace ClassicOct 29, '09
Player Tags: Isaac Baron, Michael Benvenuti |
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| Oct 29, '09 | 2009 Caesars Palace Classic | Caesars Palace Classic -- Main Event Championship | 2 | + |
Kelly Kim Eliminated in 18th Place ($9,146)Oct 29, '09
Kim: K Board: Q Kelly Kim was eliminated in 18th place. Player Tags: Kelly Kim, Michael Benvenuti Isaac Baron Wins Caesars Palace ClassicOct 29, '09
Player Tags: Isaac Baron, Michael Benvenuti |
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for an underpair while Benvenuti showed A
, giving Chidwick two pair. Micahael Benvenuti was eliminated in 9th Place ($52,406).
Kelly Kim moved all in preflop for 33,000 and Michael Benvenuti made the call. Their cards:
9
3
Just a few hands into the heads-up match Isaac Baron raised 30,000 on the button and Michael Benvenuti reraised all in for 399,000. Baron made the call and Benvenuti turned over A