Benz Zooms, Survives with Aces


From the cut-off, Sebastian Benz opened to 300 but saw the small blind raise to 1,500. Benz responded with a re-raise to 4,000 only to see a three-bet to 9,000! Benz shoved his stack and got the call from the small blind for a showdown!

Benz: A A
Small Blind: J J

Benz was comfortably ahead in this one but needed to avoid a jack for his tournament life. The dealer boarded 2 K 9 A 2 and Benz stays in the Main Event now with over 45,000.