Cimpan Slips; Bennani to Blame
First into the pot from the small blind, Najib Bennani came with a pot raise to 84,000. In the big blind, Cornel Cimpan flat-called, heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out the first three community cards, revealing . Bennani had moved all in dark, and Cimpan called the extra 64,000 to put his foe at risk. He tabled for second pair, while Bennani was in good shape to double up with . When the turn and river came and , he did just that, sitting now with 296,000.
He's not a big stack by any means, but he's out of the danger zone for now at least.