Event 5: Benjamin Zamani Out 9th

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 33: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Benjamin Zamani
Benjamin Zamani

Leonard Benitez raised from middle position to 900,000, Rafael Reis reraised from the hijack to 2,500,000, and Benitez moved all in for about 9 million. Reis tanked for a while before he folded, and Benitez showed AdAc as he took the pot.

Leonard Benitez  –  11,600,000  (38 bb)
Rafael Reis  –  5,600,000  (18 bb)

The next hand, Benitez raised UTG+1 to 900,000, and Benjamin Zamani moved all in from the button for 2,750,000. Benitez tanked for a bit before he folded, and Zamani took the pot.

Benjamin Zamani  –  4,550,000  (15 bb)
Leonard Benitez  –  10,550,000  (35 bb)

The next hand, Benjamin Zamani moved all in from the cutoff for 4,500,000, and Richard Zipes called all in from the button with an identical stack — 4,500,000.

It was a race situation, with Zamani’s 6s6c vs. the AsKc of Zipes.

The board came  Ac7h3h2d4d, and Zipes paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Zamani in ninth place.

Richard Zipes  –  9,900,000  (33 bb)
Benjamin Zamani  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($21,648)