On a Wednesday night $25/$50/$100 game at Hustler Casino Live, Blank Check Ben crushed it three times for three massive pots.
After a raise to $200, Ben in Cut-Off reraised to $600 with K♥️Q♦️ and $197,900 in his stack. GT, at The Button with Q♥️8♥️ and $87,625 in his stack, made a 3-bet of $1,800. This was followed up by folds from the three blinds as well as UTG, leaving only Ben and GT going heads up to the flop.
The flop came 2♠️6♥️8♠️. Air for Ben after being in front preflop and top pair for GT. Ben checked and GT decided to bet $2,300 which Ben called and they went to the turn with the pot at $8,675.
The 6♦️ came on the turn and once again Ben just checked. GT, now with two pair, decided to place another bet and put $6,000 on the table which was reraised to $19,000 by Ben. GT called and they went to the river with $46,675 in the pot, with Ben behind. A miraculous K♦️ on the river got Ben out of trouble in the very last moment after he was bluffing. He decided to bet $28,500 which got GT to fold his hand.
After a straddle, there was a raise to $600 from Small Blind which was followed by a fold from Big Blind and a call from Mariano in third Blind with K♠️J♠️ and $163,550 in his stack. UTG folded and the action arrived at Ben in UTG+1 who called with 5♦️5♣️ and $276,300 in his stack. High-Jack folded and the Cutt-Off player made of 3-bet of of $4,200. When the action arrived back at the Small Blind, he called, as did Mariano in third Blind and Ben in +1 and they went four ways to the flop with the pot at $16,950.
J♣️7♦️5♠️ came out on the board and put Ben in front with bottom set, and Mariano behind him with top pair. All four players checked and they took a turn. The turn came and it was the 9♥️. Small blind, now with a middle pair and top kicker, fired a $6,300 bet into the pot, which was reraised by Mariano to $25,000. Ben made the call while Cut-Off considered placing a massive bet but eventually folded. Small blind folded as well leaving Mariano and Ben going heads up to the river with a $73,250 pot.
The K♦️ came out on the river, now giving Mariano two pair but stil behind Ben. He checked over to Ben who made a pot-sized bet which Mariano snap-called to make it a $219,250 pot and the cards were shown.
After another straddle, there was a limp from UTG+1 and folds from High-Jack and Cut-Off. The Button player then raised to $1,400 which triggered a fold in Small Blind and when the action arrived at Ben in Big Blind, he called with 9♠️6♦️ and a monstrous stack of $399,250. The third Blind returned his cards and the action was over to Pepe UTG with 10♠️9♣️ and $86,575 in his stack who decided just to call, followed by the final call from +1 and they went four ways to the flop with pot at $5,825.
2♦️9♥️6♥️ read the board on the flop, making two pair for Ben and top pair for Pepe. Ben checked and Pepe followed with a $3,000 bet which got +1 and The Button to fold. When the action arrived back at Ben, he raised the bet to $27,000, which Pepe called and they went to the turn with a pot of $59,825.
Ben turned a full-house when the 6♠️ came down on the board and bet $18,000 which Pepe called and they went to the river with the pot now at $95,825. After the Q♦️ came on the river Ben shoved all in for Pepe’s effective stack of $40,325, which Pepe called, totaling the pot at $176,575.
To see the full action of the hand and how it was analyzed in real-time, see the video below