10-01-2008 19:54 UTC+2

Straight Squared

[user4144]

David Benyamine, looking cucumber cool as always, defended his blind from a late position raise before reaching a {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

{K-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

flop. The flop and {3-Hearts}

{3-Hearts}

turn were both checked down, only for Benyamine to lead out for 1,275 on the {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

river.

Although his opponent's raise to 3,825 screamed of the nut straight, Benyamine simply couldn't fold and begrudgingly threw in the extra chips. His opponent did indeed have the straight with {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

, the river dealing out a nasty cooler to the Frenchman who revealed {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

.

On a side note, Benyamine was once at the nose-bleed heights of 20,000, after his raise with kings ran into two raises, the latter of which was making a move with 6-3. Thankfully for the Frenchman, the kings did indeed hold up.

Benyamine is now on 13,500.

Tags: David Benyamine