Benger Update
Griffin Benger just explained how his good start had him up to 80,000 chips early on. A few minutes later he Tweeted even better news and Benger is currently one of the biggest stacks with 93,000 chips.
On the first hand Benger raised under the gun to 700 and the player to his left, Pavel Binar, three-bet to 1,700. The action was folded back to Benger who made the call. The flop rolled out 
and Benger lead out for 1,800, his opponent called.
The turn brought the 
and this time Benger check-called 2,600. The river brought the 
and now the man known as Flush_Entity lead out for 7,300. Binar made the call and mucked when Benger showed his 
for a rivered flush.
The second hand Benger told us went as following. The player to Benger's right limped under the gun and he decided to raise to 925. Both Taylor Paur and Sorel Mizzi called as did the limper. The flop brought out 
and the limper check-called the 1,700-chip bet from Benger. On the turn a hit and both players checked. The river brought a 
and Benger extracted 3,300 from his opponent. After this hand he was up to 80,000 and this Tweet followed a bit later on.
Backdoored the nut flush against @taypaur's two pair. 93k should be early chipleaderApril 25 2013Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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93,000
40,250
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40,250 |