09-29-2008 23:18 UTC+2

Raptor's Wings Clipped

[user25067]

David "Raptor" Benefield

After getting off to a roaring start yesterday, David Benefield has had a time of it today, and these last two hands were no exception.

With the board reading {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

{4-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{10-Hearts}

on the river, Benefield made a large bet, about 14,000 from the looks of it and Erik Seidel wasted no time in calling. Benefield had only king high, having missed his flush draw with {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

. Seidel had missed as well with {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

, but rivered top pair to take it down.

Only a few hands later, Benefield and Talal Shakerchi both checked a flop of {5-Spades}

{5-Spades}

{3-Spades}

{2-Spades}

. When the {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

turned, Shakerchi checked and Benefield bet 6,000. Shakerchi raised to 15,500 and "Raptor" quickly mucked. He now down to about 61,000 in chips.