Benton Wins a Monster; Extends Lead
The two saw an flop and Benton passed the first option to Hermans who fired a 225,000 continuation bet. Benton made the call.
The fell on the turn and Benton led out with a hefty 880,000 bet which was called by Hermans.
The last card off the deck was the and Benton putting on the brakes, allowing Hermans to take a 1.6 million dollar stab at the pot. Benton looked him up and Hermans tabled for absolute air. Benton's would take down the pot, knocking Hermans down to 1.92 million in chips.
Benton now has a tournament-high 9.96 million.