button in SafariWatson Doubles Through Benitez
Level 7
: 2,500/5,000, 625 ante
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes was in middle position and raised to 10,000. Mike "SirWatts" Watson three-bet to 27,500 in the cutoff and Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez cold four-bet to 70,000 in the small blind. Moraes folded and Watson called, taking action heads up to a flop of 
. Benitez made a continuation-bet of 52,800 and Watson called.
The turn was 
and Benitez jammed for just over 300,000 effective. Watson called all in.
Mike "SirWatts" Watson: 
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez: 
Watson could not lose, finding himself needing only to fade a five for a chop. He did so as the river came 
to score him the double, leaving Benitez under 100,000 after ht the pot was shipped Watson's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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867,752
617,752
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617,752 |
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188,480 | |
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78,334
171,666
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171,666 |