David Benyamine limped in from the small blind only to have Tony Bloom pot the action to 36,000 total. Benyamine made the call and checked the flop as Bloom pushed out a 35,000-chip bet.
Benyamine used half of his time bank before folding as Bloom continued to edge out the gap between him and his opponents.
From the button, Tony Bloom raised to 25,000. He found two callers from the blinds; Sam Trickett called in the small blind and James Obst called in the big blind. The flop came down paired and with two clubs, . Trickett was up first and checked. Obst followed suit and then Bloom fired a continuation bet worth 45,000. After a tiny bit, Trickett check-raised to 90,000 and that prompted a fold from Obst. Bloom took some time and then made the call.
The that rolled off on the turn added a third club to the board and completed a flush draw. Trickett, out of position, bet out 135,000. Bloom sat for a little bit while the clock counted down. He used up nearly all of his allotted 30 seconds before announcing that he was all in. When he did that, Trickett leaned back, eyed Bloom's stack momentarily and then made the call.
Bloom tabled the for a flush and that was bad news for Trickett, who held the . Trickett couldn't even hit a straight flush as Bloom held the blocker.
The river completed the board with the and ended the hand officially. Bloom was all in on the turn for 393,000 and Trickett sent over the chips. He dropped back to 981,000 and has given up the chip lead to Bloom, who now has 1.041 million.
Sam Trickett opened to 24,000 and found callers in Jeffrey Lisandro and David Benyamine from the cutoff and big blind respectively.
The flop was checked through to see the land on the turn and a bet of 30,000 follow from Lisandro. Benyamine made the call as Trickett passed before the landed on the river.
Benyamine took the lead by firing out a bet of 93,000 to put Lisandro to a decision.
"Got the David?" asked Lisandro.
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Benyamine didn't have the hands Lisandro thought, but instead tabled his for a flopped full house to collect the pot and move to 490,000 in chips.