05-31-2008 23:05 UTC-7

Alexander Kostritsyn Doubles Through David Benefield

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In a battle of the blinds the two players exchanged raises until Kostritsyn was all in. He turned over {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{J-Hearts}

to Benefield's {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{10-Hearts}

. The board ran out {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

{Q-Clubs}

and when the hand was done Kostritsyn had doubled up to 300,000, while Benefield's stack slipped to approximately the same amount.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn David Benefield