Benyamine Goes for KO; Settles for a Chop

A player in early position open-raised all in for his last 26,000 and action folded around to David Benyamine on the button, who called. The blinds folded and hands were revealed.
Benyamine:
Opponent:
Benyamine was in great shape to knock out his opponent, however, the flop came , propelling his opponent into the lead with a set of nines. The turn came a
, which was no help to Benyamine, however, a
river meant that both players played the straight on board. It was a chop pot.
"That's fair, that's fair," Benyamine playfully remarked.
Benymaine is sitting on 75,000 at the moment.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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75,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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