$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 32: 100,000/200,000/25,000 Ante

With 10 players remaining, Leonard Benitez moved all in from the cutoff for 875,000, and Sam Mallard called form the small blind with . Benitez turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Benitez to win the pot and double up in chips.

Leonard Benitez  –  2,225,000  (14 bb)
Sam Mallard  –  450,000  (3 bb)

The next hand, chipleader Kyle Sorel raised from middle position to 325,000, Sam Mallard moved all in from the button for 425,000, and Sorel called with . Mallard turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Mallard got up to leave before he realized that he had turned a ten-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sam Mallard  –  1,225,000  (8 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  12,300,000  (82 bb)

After that hand, the blinds increased to 100,000-200,000 with a 25,000 ante, and there was a third straight all-in situation.

Kyle Sorel min-raised from middle position to 400,000, and Leonard Benitez moved all in from middle position for 2,100,000. Sorel called with , and Benitez turned over .

The board came , and Benitez paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Leonard Benitez  –  4,750,000  (23 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  10,200,000  (51 bb)

In the span of just those three back-to-back-to-back hands, Benitez went from 900,000 to 4.75 million in chips.