Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-05-2009 20:13 UTC-12

Checks!

[user66118]

Rami Boukai - 1,550,000
Najib Bennani - 975,000
Ben Grundy - 795,000

06-05-2009 20:13 UTC-12

Hold'em

From the button, Rami Boukai peeked at his two cards and quickly folded. In the small blind, Najib Bennani followed suit, giving Ben Grundy a walk in the big blind.

It's not often you're upset to snag some free chips, but Grundy couldn't have been happy to look down at {K-Diamonds}

as he slid them across the felt face-up.

"That should steam you now," quipped Boukai, drawing a chuckle from the table. It was good to see the stale mood broken just a bit with that comment, as the players have been all too serious for several hours now.

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Two orbits later, Grundy got yet another walk. "Oh my god," he said, leaning back in his chair. "I'm not even gonna show you this time." A few hands later, he told one of his railbird friends that he had ace-king. He's still chuckling though, with no signs of steaming just yet. Let's see what happens next orbit though.

Tags: Ben Grundy

06-05-2009 20:05 UTC-12

A Showdown!

[user66118]

Omaha

Najib Bennani limped in from the button, Ben Grundy completed from the small blind, and Rami Boukai knocked the table in the big.

In a friendly three-handed pot, the flop brought {9-Spades}

. Grundy checked, and Boukai led out with a two-thirds pot bet of 100,000. Bennani called, and Grundy got out of the way.

The turn and river came {J-Clubs}

and

respectively, with the two players check-checking on both streets. Bennani tabled {10-Hearts}

, and his set of tens was good enough to win the pot on a scary looking board.

Tags: Ben Grundy Najib Benanni Rami Boukai

06-05-2009 19:53 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user66118]

Cards are back in the air.

Level: 28

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-05-2009 19:44 UTC-12

Updated Chip Counts

Shamus

Here's what our remaining trio will have when they return from the break:

Rami Boukai -- 1,465,000
Najib Bennani -- 1,095,000
Ben Grundy -- 875,000

06-05-2009 19:32 UTC-12

Break Time

Shamus

The relatively uneventful Level 27 has finally come to a close. Players are now taking a 20-minute break.

06-05-2009 19:18 UTC-12

Short-Handed, Short Hands

Shamus

Omaha

Players continue to play cautiously, with few hands going beyond the flop (if that far). Just now we thought something big might be brewing as Rami Boukai raised to 110,000 from the button, and Ben Grundy reraised pot from the big blind. Boukai thought about it, but let it go. Grundy showed {A-Hearts}

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06-05-2009 19:11 UTC-12

Moving Chips

Shamus

Rami Boukai has pushed back out into the lead now with about 1.6 million. Najib Bennani has 1.1 million, and Ben Grundy is the short stack with 700,000.

06-05-2009 19:01 UTC-12

Tightening Up

Shamus

Najib Bennani held a big advantage for a good while, but they have pulled back close to even now. Rami Boukai has 1.25 million, Bennani has 1.15 million, and Grundy 1.05 million.