12-07-2009 00:23 UTC+11

Drawing Even

donpeters

On the first hand of heads-up play, Aaron Benton raised to 400,000 and Ernst Hermans called. The flop came down {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Clubs}

{5-Hearts}

and Hermans checked. Benton fired 500,000 and Hermans called.

The turn card was the {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

and both players checked.

The river was the {7-Diamonds}

{7-Diamonds}

and Hermans bet 875,000. Benton mucked, handing some chips over to Hermans. The two are nearly deadlocked in chips now.

Tags: Aaron Benton Ernst Hermans