Bensimhon Flushed His Way to the Top

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ben Bensimhon has skyrocketed to the top of the chip count leaderboard and he told us how:

"The crazy Spaniard was sitting in mid-position and he raised to 700. Another players in late position called, so did the button, and myself in the small blind. I had . The flop came with two spades, I checked. The Spaniard bet 1,100, the next one called and the other folded. I also called. The turn was another spade, low. I bet 3,000, the Spaniard called, the other one raised to 9,000. I shoved, the Spaniard escaped and the raiser called with about 20,000. He had . River didn't matter anymore. That's how I got to about 100,000."

When he told us this, he had 170,000 but five minutes later he came to the media room to tell us he was on 210,000 now:

"Guy opened to 800, two people flatted, I was in the big blind and I did the same with . The flop was , I checked, so did the initial opener. The first flatter bet 1,500, the second flatter folded, I called and the other guy folded. The turn was the , I check-called the 1,600 bet of the other guy. The river was another club so I had a flush. I bet 1,500, he shoved for about 21,000 and I called. He had for the lower flush!"