Former EPT Champ Folds Kings Preflop
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
When we arrived at the table, former European Poker Tour champion Christophe Benzimra was in the tank preflop following an all-in bet from Maximos Pertsinidis for 28,000 and another shove from Tobias Marcus Schwecht for 18,300. Benzimra had some chips in front of him, but the preflop action was unknown.
After a bit of tanking, Benzimra folded the 
. He was right, though, as Schwecht showed the 
. Pertsinidis had the 
, which would've made it even harder to Benzimra to win the hand.
The board ran out 
and wouldn't you know it, Benzimra would've smashed the river to collect the entire pot and bust two players. Instead, he folded and was left with just over the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
31,000 | |
|
10,000 |