Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Blinds Up; Bentham Bothered but Befriended

Another interesting hand, playing out just as the blinds rocket searingly fast up to 50/100...

With about 500 in the pot, Richard Gryko bets out 650 as the turn falls making the board 3s-8s-Td...6d. Bentham calmly calls. The river is the 3h and not a lot happens, but Gryko wins the pot after showing down 7c-9h. Having checked the river behind, Tom Bentham is surprised for what seems like the first time in this tournament, saying, "Sick... You wouldn't believe what I had."

His mind clearly returning to this hand, Bentham wins a pot with a preflop re-re-raise on the button but he tells his newly acquired railer (as depicted in photo below): "Did you see that straight hand?" instead.


Being unable to let go of that one doesn't stop him taking down a couple of pots after this - including a recent one where a check raise to 1,025 from Gryko's button bet of 325 on a 7s-2c-8c board brings him a few chips.

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