Thursday, June 18, 2015 7:38 PM Local Time
Thomas Butzhammer Crippled, Then Doubles
Hold'em
David Benyamine raises it up in early position, and Thomas Butzhammer three-bets on the button. It folds back around to Benyamine, and he calls to see a flop of . Benyamine bets right out, and Butzhammer calls. The turn is the , and the same action occurs. The hits the river, and Benyamine fires one more bullet. Butzhammer calls for nearly half his stack, and Benyamine tables for a full house. Butzhammer mucks, and he is left with just 32,000.
All that money gets in two hands later on a flop of . Butzhammer holds for the nut flush draw, and he is slightly ahead of the of Benyamine. The on the turn ends things, as Butzhammer makes the nut flush. Despite winning the hand, he is still one of our bottom three stacks.
David Benyamine - 390,000
Thomas Butzhammer - 75,000