Mike Sowers opened with a raise to 40,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Olivier Busquet in the big blind who announced a raise to 115,000. Sowers thought for only a moment before declaring himself all in for an additional 561,000. Busquet went into the tank.
"I'm going to take my time here..." pondered Busquet as a good five minutes elapsed before he found a fold.
"Nice play," said Busquet. He slips to 675,000 with Sowers now up to 850,000.
David Inselberg raised to 46,000 from early position and action folded to David Benefield, who pushed for 221,000 from the big blind. Inselberg made the call and the hands were shown.
Benefield:
Inselberg:
Inselberg caught some help on a flop of , but nothing more on the turn and river which came and . Benefield now has 460,000.
After just doubling up, David Benefield has tried to put those newly-found chips to work, but found resistance from Brian Lemke.
Lemke raised to 42,000 from the button and Benefield made the call in the small blind.
They saw a flop of and Benefield led out with a bet of 57,000, and Lemke made the call. The turn was the and Benefield checked to Lemke, who fired 100,000 into the middle. Benefield only had about 360,000 behind and deliberated for a long time before releasing as Lemke flashed for the semi-bluff to move up to over 1 million in chips.
David Benefield suffered a dramatic reversal of fortune that led to his elimination in 14th place.
After doubling up through David Inselberg before the last break, Benefield gave all of the chips back when he pushed all in with and got called by Inselberg's
A flop of put Benefield in the lead, but the on the turn gave Inselberg Broadway and the hand. The on the river left Benefield with just 1,000.
Benefield's last chip went to the ante and when Thomas Keller open shoved under-the-gun, the rest of the table folded. Keller showed to Benefield's .
A board of provided a little help, but the on the turn ended Benefield's day. When the hit the river, Benefield went home in 14th place with $35,341.
Action folded to Matthias Neu in the small blind and he pushed his last 88,000 chips into the middle. Billy Kopp made the call from the big blind and the race started.
Neu:
Kopp:
When the board ran out , Kopp held the better two pair and Neu was sent to the rail.