Benzimra Gets Paid

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Oleksandr Vasefirer raised to 120,000 and Christophe Benzimra called out of the big blind. The flop came down {A-Clubs}

. Benzimra checked and Vaserfirer fired 150,000. Benzimra raised to 300,000, making it the minimum more. Last time Benzimra min-raised Vaserfirer, he folded. This time, Vaserfirer called.

The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}

. Vaserfirer called another bet of 300,000 from Benzimra.

The river was the {7-Spades}

and Benzimra moved all in for 1.052 million. Vaserfirer had about 1.7 million left in his stack as he contemplated making the call.

After a few minutes went by, Vaserfirer made the call, to which Benzimra immediately tabled {A-Spades}

. Vaserfirer mucked his hand, flicking them forward, but the tournament staff ruled that because it was an all-in situation the hand must be turned face up. His hand was {8-Clubs}