2009 World Series of Poker

Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$244,862
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
453
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Ben Grundy Eliminated in 3rd Place ($99,574)

Ben Grundy - 3rd Place
Ben Grundy - 3rd Place
Omaha

Najib Bennani opened from the button with a raise to 125,000. In the small blind, Ben Grundy reraised the pot, making it 425,000 to play and leaving himself with just 40,000 funny money behind. Rami Boukai quickly folded his big blind, but Bennani would take his time to think things through. After about a minute-long stare-down, Bennani told Grundy he was putting him all in, and Grundy stuck the rest of his stack into the middle.

Showdown
Bennani: {4-Spades} {Q-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds}
Grundy: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {7-Spades}

The flop was pretty safe and sound for the at-risk Grundy, coming {7-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {10-Clubs}. Bennani picked up a lot of outs when the turn card brought the {J-Clubs} though, and Grundy stood to sweat what would end up being his final card of the night. The {K-Hearts} spiked the river, drawing a huge cheer from the relatively small Bennani cheerleading squad.

Grundy's dry aces got run down by Bennani's two pair, and the Brit has been eliminated in 3rd place. For his efforts over the past three days, he'll walk away with just less than $100,000. Not too shabby, but judging by the look on his face, not the result he was hoping for tonight.

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