06-10-2008 17:06 UTC-7

Bad Beat King

Shamus

David Benefield just lost about 80% of his stack. After some preflop raising with a late-positioned opponent, the flop came {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

and Benefield bet 5,500. His opponent pushed all in, and Benefield called.

Benefield showed {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

{8-Spades}

for top two, while his opponent had K-K-x-x and no draws. The turn was the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

, but the river was the {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

, and Benefield was down to 3,100.

Tags: David Benefield