“sbrugby” Dominates Benyamine

Yesterday evening on FullTilt, Brian “sbrugby” Townsend has a surprise opponent at the $300/$600 No-Limit Hold’em table. David Benyamine sat down with a $24k stack to try and take down the experienced high stakes heads-up no-limit player. A few unsuccessful tries had Benyamine reloading multiple times until he was finally getting the best of sbrugby. But that didn’t last long as one final monster pot worth over $200k ended the hour-long battle.

Benyamine’s first buy-in was soon in sbrugby’s stack after an action flop saw all the money quickly go in the middle. The flop saw Benyamine raise all-in with for top pair and a flush draw while sbrugby made the quick call with for the nuts. The on the turn did give Benyamine 10 more outs to fill up in addition to his 8 flush outs. But it was just a tease though as the fell on the river completely missing Benyamine. The nut-straight held up for sbrugby as he raked in a $47k+ pot and took the early lead.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1331001382: Table Halbert (heads up)
$300/$600 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:32:44 ET – 2006/11/30
Seat 1: sbrugby ($60,299.50)
Seat 2: David Benyamine ($23,699.50)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $300
sbrugby posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
David Benyamine calls $300
sbrugby raises to $2,000
David Benyamine calls $1,400
*** FLOP ***
sbrugby bets $3,200
David Benyamine raises to $21,699.50, and is all in
sbrugby calls $18,499.50
David Benyamine shows
sbrugby shows
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
David Benyamine shows three of a kind, Aces
sbrugby shows a straight, Ace high
sbrugby wins the pot ($47,398.50) with a straight, Ace high
David Benyamine adds $24,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47,399 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: sbrugby (big blind) showed and won ($47,398.50) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 2: David Benyamine (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Aces

 

Continuing with the short buy-ins, Benyamine was forced to play all-in poker. After his raise to $1800 pre-flop, sbrugby simply moved all-in with and was called by Benyamine’s . After a flop, the on the turn left Benyamine with 11 outs on the river. The didn’t improve either hand and sbrugby took down another all-in pot; this one worth $30k.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1331018102: Table Halbert (heads up)
$300/$600 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:35:57 ET – 2006/11/30
Seat 1: sbrugby ($92,997)
Seat 2: David Benyamine ($15,000)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $300
sbrugby posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
David Benyamine raises to $1,800
sbrugby raises to $92,997, and is all in
David Benyamine calls $13,200, and is all in
sbrugby shows
David Benyamine shows
Uncalled bet of $77,997 returned to sbrugby
*** FLOP ***
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
sbrugby shows two pair, Aces and Twos
David Benyamine shows a pair of Twos
sbrugby wins the pot ($29,999.50) with two pair, Aces and Twos
David Benyamine is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $30,000 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: sbrugby (big blind) showed and won ($29,999.50) with two pair, Aces and Twos
Seat 2: David Benyamine (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Twos

 

After buying in for the full $60k this time, Benyamine was chopped down to around the $40k mark when the following hand took place. A minimum pre-flop raise from sbrugby prompted a raise up to $3600 from Benyamine. The flop hit both players and Benyamine led out for $6k followed by sbrugby’s raise up to $20,500 before Benyamine moved all-in with a call from sbrugby. Benyamine had flopped top pair with his but sbrugby’s nice card rush continued as he flipped over for trip Tens. No miracle came and sbrugby pulled in an $81k+ pot.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1331116632: Table Halbert (heads up)
$300/$600 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:54:50 ET – 2006/11/30
Seat 1: sbrugby ($127,393)
Seat 2: David Benyamine ($40,599)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $300
David Benyamine posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $1,200
David Benyamine raises to $3,600
sbrugby calls $2,400
*** FLOP ***
David Benyamine bets $6,000
sbrugby raises to $20,500
David Benyamine raises to $36,999, and is all in
sbrugby calls $16,499
David Benyamine shows
sbrugby shows
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
David Benyamine shows two pair, Kings and Tens
sbrugby shows three of a kind, Tens
sbrugby wins the pot ($81,197.50) with three of a kind, Tens
David Benyamine is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $81,198 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: sbrugby (small blind) showed and won ($81,197.50) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 2: David Benyamine (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens

 

Now down around $100k, Benyamine decided to take one more stab at the young internet pro. Another full $60k buy-in and he had run it up to over $100k, just $20k less than sbrugby’s stack. Then came a very interesting hand. The action started with sbrugby raising it up to $1800 pre-flop followed by a reraise up to $5400 from Benyamine. Then sbrugby made a rare third raise pre-flop up to $16,200 total. A quick call from Benyamine and these two gamblers were taking a flop with $32,400 already in the middle. The flop got a check from Benyamine and a $20,500 bet from sbrugby. Benyamine made the call rather quickly and the turn brought the . With over $73k sitting in the pot, Benyamine quickly moved all in for over $67k.

After thinking about the previous action, sbrugby finally made the huge call and showed for a pair of Aces. Benyamine flipped up for just a pair of Jacks as his attempt at stealing the huge pot was unsuccessful. He did have a live heart draw however, but one of the remaining 9 hearts did not hit the river. Instead, the fell and sbrugby found himself raking in a $207k+ pot with just one pair. Benyamine quickly departed following the hand having dumped over $167k in the span of an hour.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1331334462: Table Halbert (heads up)
$300/$600 – No Limit Hold’em – 19:34:05 ET – 2006/11/30
Seat 1: sbrugby ($123,433.50)
Seat 2: David Benyamine ($103,940.50)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $300
David Benyamine posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
sbrugby raises to $1,800
David Benyamine raises to $5,400
sbrugby raises to $16,200
David Benyamine calls $10,800
*** FLOP ***
David Benyamine checks
sbrugby bets $20,500
David Benyamine calls $20,500
*** TURN ***
David Benyamine bets $67,240.50, and is all in
sbrugby has 15 seconds left to act
sbrugby calls $67,240.50
David Benyamine shows
sbrugby shows
*** RIVER ***
David Benyamine shows a pair of Jacks
sbrugby shows a pair of Aces
sbrugby wins the pot ($207,880.50) with a pair of Aces
David Benyamine is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $207,881 | Rake $0.50
Board:
Seat 1: sbrugby (small blind) showed and won ($207,880.50) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: David Benyamine (big blind) showed and lost with a pair of Jacks