Benakis Cracks Shapira's Cowboys
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Francesco Bozza made it 6,000 to go from middle position and Ran Shapira three-bet the cutoff to 18,000. Pavlos Benakis was in the small blind and shoved for around 65,000, which got Bozza out of the way. Shapira, however, quickly called.
Pavlos Benakis: A?K? 
Ran Shapira: K?K?
Benakis was behind and needed to get some help from the board in order to stay alive. The flop of 9?8?J? didn't offer much assistance to Benakis, but the A? turn certainly did as he made top pair, which left Shapira with just one out. That miracle one-outer didn't appear on the 7? river, and Benakis doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
100,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
30,000 |