02-18-2010 15:57 UTC-12

Phil Laak Eliminated in 6th Place - ($50,000)

[user122824]

After a raise from Phil Laak preflop, David Benyamine reraised all in. Laak went into the tank for quite some time before putting his 158,000 stack at risk.

When the cards were on their backs and the rest of the players at the table saw Laak's {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{10-Hearts}

versus Benyamine's {a-Clubs}

{a-Clubs}

{k-Spades}

they were shocked it took Laak that long to call.

"You should lose just for taking so long to make the call," said Daniel Negreanu.

The flop brought the {q-Diamonds}

{q-Diamonds}

{4-Spades}

{2-Diamonds}

and Laak let out a shriek of joy. That joy was quickly followed by sadness however when the {a-Hearts}

{a-Hearts}

fell on the turn.

The river {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

didn't bring the miracle Laak was looking for and he was the first eliminated.

Tags: David Benyamine Phil Laak