Laak Loses Some Playing Blind
Livello 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We caught up with the action on a flop that read 
. Phil Laak checked from the big blind and his opponent on the button bet 1,600. Laak immediately raised to 4,000 and his opponent called.
Both players checked when the 
fell on the turn, but when the 
fell on the river, Laak fired out for 7,250. Laak's opponent tank-called and Laak said, "I played the hand blind."
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah."
Laaks opponent showed 
for the baby flush. Laak decided to make it interesting and flip each card up separately. The first one was a 
and the second one was a 
, leaving Laak with just ten-high.
Laak is currently sitting with 81,000.
Erik Seidel fied a bet of 25,000 into his opponent. You could cut the tension in the air with a knife as his opponent tanked for several minutes, tossing over the decision of making the call for almost all of his remaining chips. Eventually he mucked, letting Seidel scoop the pot and boost his stack to around 125,000 in chips.
beat out his opponent's 
.
and Benyamine's ace high was enough to scoop the pot. Benyamine is now the table chip leader going into heads up play.
flop. When the 
came on the turn, Lisandro check-raised Smith's 6,800 bet all-in, which landed a quick fold from Smith.
