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David Benyamine eliminated
It was a short, rough day for David Benyamine. Each time he made a move, somebody played back at him. He moved in for his last 146,000 after Erick Lindgren opened the pot for 40,000 and was called by Tony G. Lindgren was the only caller of Benyamine's raise. He drew one card while Benyamine stood pat.
Lindgren: 8-2-4-5-?
Benyamine: J-8-7-4-2
Lindgren pulled a seven for his draw card to make an 8-7 and knock Benyamine out of the tournament. Benyamine earns $58,990 while Lindgren increases his stack to over 1.4 million.
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With his hand in the muck and nothing to do, Mike Matusow just chimed in "so who would rather win the 50K H.O.R.S.E. this year rather than the Main Event?" Most of the replies were inaudible but Erick Lindgren let it be known he'd rather take down the World Championship. "Really?" said Matusow. "You'd rather win the Main Event, huh?" Lindgren replied "Definitely. Then again, you're talking to a guy that's never even cashed in the Main Event." Matusow smiled and said, "Well, that's true."
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Action folded around to Tom Schneider in the cutoff and he raised to 35,000. Erick Lindgren called from the button as did Tony G from the big blind. Each player drew one card. After the draw, action was on Tony G and he checked. Schneider took his time before stacking 80,000 and pushing it out. Lindgren folded quickly as did Tony G. Tom Schneider, who came in as the short stack, is now up to over 300,000 chips.
[user75032]
Mike Matusow is proving his strength in today's game to the rest of the table. After Barry Greenstein opened the pot for 30,000 and David Benyamine called from the cutoff, Matusow declared a raise to 145,000. Benyamine made the call.
Matusow stood pat. Benyamine drew one card. After the draw, Matusow quickly checked the action to Benyamine, who checked behind and motioned to throw his cards in the muck. Matusow declared, "ten-high" and showed 10-9-6-4-2. That was enough to win the pot and take a big chunk out of Benyamine.
[user40108]
Action folded to Erick Lindgren in middle position and he raised to 30,000. Barry Greenstein called from the cutoff as did Tony G from the button. The blinds passed and they went to the draw. Lindgren and Greenstein both took one card and Tony G stayed pat. All three players checked and Tony flipped up which had his opponents quickly mucking. Tony G takes down the 126,000-chip pot.
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David Benyamine
The players have come to play power poker for today's final table. After action folded to Barry Greenstein on the button, he raised to 30,000. Tony G quickly made the call from the small blind. David Benyamine considered his option from the big blind. He tanked for over a minute, casually shuffling a stack of pink (T5,000) chips in his hand before reraising to 83,000. Greenstein silently folded. For his part, Tony G asked for a count of Benyamine's remaining stack (about 200,000) then re-checked his cards and stared up at the ceiling of the Amazon Room. Finally he said "Good move," and folded his hand face up: 3-3-5-4-2. Benyamine obliged and showed his hand as well: J-T-9-x-x.
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David Benyamine raised to 30,000 from under the gun. Action folded around to Tom Schneider and he moved all in from the button for 126,000. The blinds folded and Benyamine went into the tank. He thought for just shy of one minute before pushing out the call. Benyamine threw one discard, the , face up. Schneider tapped the table and stayed pat. The players showed:
Schneider:
Benyamine:
Benymaine slowly peeked at his drawn card, then tossed it into the muck without showing. Tom Schneider won the pot and doubled up to 288,000 chips.
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Mike Matusow
"If you never draw, you're in good shape in this game," said Mike Matusow. "But we both played that last hand pretty bad. I took too long to call [before the draw], so I can't bet. Even if I make my hand, you can raise me right off it."
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Action folded around to Tony G in the cutoff and he raised to 30,000. Mike Matusow called from the big blind. Both players took one card. After the draw, Matusow checked. Tony G slowly checked his cards and then tapped the table himself.
"What you got?" said Guoga. "A pair," groaned Mike Matusow. "How big?" smiled Tony G. "Fives," declared Matusow with a hint of optimism. Tony quit with the dialogue and just turned up his . Matusow mucked, Guogo smiled and said "that was a nice value check."
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which had his opponents quickly mucking. Tony G takes down the 126,000-chip pot.
, face up. Schneider tapped the table and stayed pat. The players showed:
