"It's the Pot of the Night"

Shamus

Before the flop, David Benyamine bet 4,000, Andy Black and Josh Arieh both called, David Chiu raised pot to 21,000 from the small blind, and all three called. So the pot was already over 80,000 before the flop.

The flop came {J-Hearts}

. Chiu pushed his last 19,000 into the middle, then Benyamine bumped it up to 100,000. Andy Black called with his last 81,000.

Josh Arieh was fit to be tied. "What do I do?" he asked. Two or three minutes passed. "It's the pot of the night," said Benyamine. Finally, Arieh folded. The three left in the hand showed their cards:

Benyamine: {9-Clubs}

Black:

Chiu:

The turn was the {2-Clubs}

, momentarily putting Black in the lead. But the river was the {4-Diamonds}

. Black had been counterfeited.

Chiu took the main pot with his aces up, and now he is up to 137,000. Benyamine won the side pot, and he now sits at 335,000. And Black hit the rail.

Tags: Andy Black David Benyamine David Chiu Josh Arieh