2009 World Series of Poker

Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$692,658
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$3,078,500
Entries
655
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Lemke Applies Pressure

After just doubling up, David Benefield has tried to put those newly-found chips to work, but found resistance from Brian Lemke.

Lemke raised to 42,000 from the button and Benefield made the call in the small blind.

They saw a flop of {5-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} and Benefield led out with a bet of 57,000, and Lemke made the call. The turn was the {J-Diamonds} and Benefield checked to Lemke, who fired 100,000 into the middle. Benefield only had about 360,000 behind and deliberated for a long time before releasing as Lemke flashed {8-Spades}{3-Spades} for the semi-bluff to move up to over 1 million in chips.

Tags: Brian LemkeDavid Benefield