Altbregin and Benyamine Carve Up Morgan
David Benyamine limped into the pot pre-flop in front of Jordan Morgan, who raised. Sergey Altbregin had the button and called two bets cold. Benyamine closed the action with a call of his own.
All three players checked a paired, two-spade flop, . Benyamine checked again on the turn. That led Morgan to try a bet. Altbregin raised and then Benyamine check-re-raised. Morgan quickly called; Altbregin needed more time before putting his own call in.
The river was the . Action checked to Altbregin. He quickly fired a bet that only Benyamine called. The two chopped the pot, Benyamine getting the high with three fours, , Altbregin taking the low with .
"How did you survive that river?" Matt Glantz asked Benyamine.
"I didn't think he had spades. Check-check on the flop. I thought diamonds," Benyamine replied.
"Seven," said Altbregin.
"Yes, I thought you must have a seven to make that raise," Benyamine added.