Benger Pushing 3 Million
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Griffin Benger was in the big blind against Michael Palo on the button, and he check-called 75,000 on a board of 
. On the 
river, Benger checked again before calling 150,000.
"Seven," Palo said, peaking down to find the relevant card. Benger turned over 
for top two, and he took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,950,000 | |
|
450,000 | -265,000 |
flop when Joe DeGeorge checked from under the gun and Christopher Shaw bet 105,000 from middle position. DeGeorge responded by check-raising to 260,000, but that opened the door for Shaw to move all in. DeGeorge called off for 610,000 total and discovered the bad news.
appeared on the turn, which threw Shaw into a bit of a tantrum. He uttered a few expletives, wondered aloud how such a thing could happen, and didn't even notice the 
complete the board on the river.
and Lee's ace held up to knock Rasmussen out. Canali was left with little chips and he's going to look to rebuild his stack after taking a big hit.
, keeping his bullets out in front. The board paired on the turn with the 
and the 
, giving Wattel a set of nines to score the triple up.
to see Parisi spike top set and send Monnette to the rail.
and 
. Moon's pocket rockets held, and he started patting his heart while breathing a big sigh of relief. Meanwhile, Gazal retook his seat and sent the vast majority of his stack over to Moon.
failed to hold against the 
