It is always nicer to wrote about a player who is winning, but sometimes the main story of the day just gives itself. David Benefield dropping $234K the day after he lost more than $600K is one of those stories. There are very few people in the world who will ever experience losing more than $600K in poker in one day, so I guess there are no ‘typical’ reaction to such an event. Personally I would think that I would be more likely to be found drunk in a gutter somewhere rather than sitting down at a poker table again. But maybe that is why I am sitting here writing these reports.
Benefield flops middle set over bottom set. $132K pot.
So Benefield was able to win the largest pot of the day, but I am sure that was of little comfort for him. Must have felt as though getting in a set over set situation was the only way to extract some money from his opponent.
Top set is not enough for Benefield. URnotINdanger2 wins a $121K pot.
It is not often that you find yourself a 3-1 underdog when you flop top set, but that was the case for Benefield on this hand. In addition to the obvious problem of URnotINdanger2 flopping a straight, the set of tens he also flopped significantly reduced Benefield’s chances of improving his hands.
URnotINdanger2 gets a very lucky turn. $108K pot.
Benefield flops top two pairs to win a $100K pot.