There’s A New Griffin In Town
Ashton Griffin finished Day 1b as the chip leader and established himself as a force in this tournament… that is until he was eliminated earlier today. Now there’s a new Griffin in town –Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger, who just doubled through Nicolas Godoy.
We didn’t catch the hand, but Benger filled us in on the details. According to him, Godoy opened for 11,500 from the hijack and he three-bet to 26,000 from the button with 
. The blinds got out of the way, Godoy four-bet to 52,000, and Benger five-bet to 98,000. Godoy then moved all in and Benger snap-called off for 290,000. Godoy tabled 
, but he was left drawing dead after the flop fell 
. Griffin flopped a boat and doubled to nearly 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
590,000
325,000
|
325,000 |