Friday
May 21, 2010
We haven’t talked much about Urindanger (aka Di Dang) lately, but he keeps hanging around, playing a lot of sessions and making a steady profit. Yesterday he went on a rush in the $200/$400 PLO Cap game and won almost exactly $150K.
Benyamine flops a flush against Oppenheim’s set and wins a $44K pot.
David Benyamine also had a nice day at the tables, winning close to $91K in 567 hands. In this hand, which was the largest non-cap pot of the day, he made a quarter of his winnings for the day.
Flopping the nuts is always nice, but with his opponent flopping a set, he was obviously not out of the woods. Benyamine made a nice decision to just call Oppenheim’s check raise on the flop, because Oppenheim might be able to lay down quite a few hands if Benyamine makes a re-raise in that spot. On this hand, Oppenheim is put in a very uncomfortable spot on the turn since he is both out of position and holding a very marginal hand. He decides to bet his hand one more time, only to be made to regret that decision when Benyamine moves in. At this time Oppenheim knows that he is beat, but with only $8K left in his stack he is clearly prized in to check what comes off on the river. Unfortunately for him, the seven of hearts didn’t change anything and he was left calling the dealer over for a refill of chips.
The interesting part of this hand is whether or not Oppenheim should bet out on the turn. It seems a bit dubious to mebecause I can’t really see how his can be good at this point, nor can I see how Benyamine can fold anything better than a set of fours. An alternative is to check call the turn in the hope of reaching a cheap showdown. That line could easily represent a small flush and might get Benyamine to check the river with a higher set. It is a difficult decision, and there are probably other factors that come into consideration, so I should probably be careful to pass judgment here.
Benyamine picks off a bluff from Brian Townsend on the river. $32K pot.
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