Negreanu Gets Maximum Value With Aces
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. Negreanu decided to just call, and the players saw a 
flop, putting Benyamine in a precarious position. Benyamine led out for 13,000, and once again Negreanu played things slowly by just calling.
The turn was the
, and once again Benyamine took the lead thinking he must have the best hand and bet 38,000. Phil Hellmuth in the booth commented that the smart thing for Negreanu to, to extract maximum value would be to smooth call again, which is exactly what Negreanu did. The river brought the
, which put Benyamine into deep thought. He slowly counted out chips, stacking them in various positions before finally checking to Negreanu. After sizing up the pot, Negreanu decided on a bet size, 85,000 to be exact. After a minute or so of pondering, Benyamine tossed out the chips to make the call and saw the bad news. Benyamine is down to 230,000 while Negreanu who battled earlier today to make this final table is now second in chips with 413,000.