Antonius v Benyamine v Ivey

One of the amazing things about online poker is that you can watch the best in the world go at it for huge sums of money. Occasionally I check out the high stakes cash games on Fulltilt and just watch these guys play (and dream!). I just had a look tonight, and sure enough, none other than Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius and David Benyamine were playing 3 handed on the $500/$1000 NL table. PA was sitting with over $600,000, DA $200,000 and PI $150,000. So whilst I struggle with knowing what to do with my draw hands, here is how to do it at high stakes:

Full Tilt – No Limit Holdem – CASH ($500/$1000)

Table: ‘RailHeaven’

Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($608,466.50 in chips) –

Seat 4: David Benyamine ($217,982.50 in chips) –

Seat 5: Phil Ivey ($175,454 in chips) -

PRE-FLOP:

Patrik Antonius posts small blind $500

David Benyamine posts big blind $1000

RAISE Phil Ivey ($3000)

RAISE Patrik Antonius ($10000)

CALL David Benyamine ($9000)

FOLD Phil Ivey

FLOP:

Pot: $23000

BET Patrik Antonius ($16000)

RAISE David Benyamine ($49000)

RAISE Patrik Antonius ($170000)

RAISE David Benyamine ($207982.50) – All in

CALL Patrik Antonius ($37982.50)

TURN:

Pot: $438965

RIVER:

Pot: $438965

SHOWDOWN:

David Benyamine:

Patrik Antonius:

Patrik Antonius collected $438964 from main pot with a straight, Ace high

SUMMARY:

Total pot: $438965

Rake: $1

Final Board:

Seat 3: Patrik Antonius small blind showed [Qc Kc] and won 438,964 with a straight, Ace high – Net Gain/Loss: ($220982.00)

Seat 4: David Benyamine big blind showed [9c Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens – Net Gain/Loss: ($-217982.00)

Seat 5: Phil Ivey button folded before the Flop – Net Gain/Loss: ($ -3000.00)