06-05-2009 15:43 UTC-12

Cimpan Slips; Bennani to Blame

[user66118]

Omaha

First into the pot from the small blind, Najib Bennani came with a pot raise to 84,000. In the big blind, Cornel Cimpan flat-called, heads up to the flop.

The dealer spread out the first three community cards, revealing {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{6-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

. Bennani had moved all in dark, and Cimpan called the extra 64,000 to put his foe at risk. He tabled {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{6-Spades}

for second pair, while Bennani was in good shape to double up with {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

. When the turn and river came {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

and

{2-Clubs}

, he did just that, sitting now with 296,000.

He's not a big stack by any means, but he's out of the danger zone for now at least.

Tags: Cornel Cimpan Najib Bennani