Najib Bennani - 975,000
Ben Grundy - 795,000
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 10 - $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
453
Level
29
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 453
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Najib Bennani - 975,000
Ben Grundy - 795,000
From the button, Rami Boukai peeked at his two cards and quickly folded. In the small blind, Najib Bennani followed suit, giving Ben Grundy a walk in the big blind.
It's not often you're upset to snag some free chips, but Grundy couldn't have been happy to look down at
as he slid them across the felt face-up."That should steam you now," quipped Boukai, drawing a chuckle from the table. It was good to see the stale mood broken just a bit with that comment, as the players have been all too serious for several hours now.
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Two orbits later, Grundy got yet another walk. "Oh my god," he said, leaning back in his chair. "I'm not even gonna show you this time." A few hands later, he told one of his railbird friends that he had ace-king. He's still chuckling though, with no signs of steaming just yet. Let's see what happens next orbit though.
Najib Bennani limped in from the button, Ben Grundy completed from the small blind, and Rami Boukai knocked the table in the big.
In a friendly three-handed pot, the flop brought
. Grundy checked, and Boukai led out with a two-thirds pot bet of 100,000. Bennani called, and Grundy got out of the way.The turn and river came
and 
respectively, with the two players check-checking on both streets. Bennani tabled 
, and his set of tens was good enough to win the pot on a scary looking board.
Level: 28
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Rami Boukai -- 1,465,000
Najib Bennani -- 1,095,000
Ben Grundy -- 875,000
Players continue to play cautiously, with few hands going beyond the flop (if that far). Just now we thought something big might be brewing as Rami Boukai raised to 110,000 from the button, and Ben Grundy reraised pot from the big blind. Boukai thought about it, but let it go. Grundy showed
.
