Benba Booming
As players were leaving for break, Emil Patel opened to 5,200 from late position and the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year leader Ben "Benba" Lamb three-bet to 18,000 from the blinds. Patel thought for a bit before double fisting chips in the middle, making it 35,900, and Lamb responded by sliding our a large stack of orange T5,000 chips - which was enough to put Patel all in.
Patel called, and turned over . Lamb tabled .
"Ohhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh," Patel exclaimed.
"It's not over yet..." Lamb professed.
"If I go home and play golf tomorrow, it's fine," Patel admitted.
The flop fell , giving Lamb a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, and the on the turn kept the flush draw alive.
"That's a big one," Lamb said.
The river was neither a six nor a diamond, but the was enough to eliminate Patel, and boost Benba's stack to an impressive 550,000 chips.