Benyamine picks on the Patrik

One of the themes in online poker this year has been David Benyamine kicking some serious ass on the tables. Some experts estimate that Benyamine has made somewhere in the neighborhood of $15 million this year alone.

The dreamy Patrik Antonius is one of David Benyamine's toughest competitors. Both players are at the top of their game, and are absolute online degen addicts. These two nosebleed players spend more time online than almost anyone, and are consistently sitting on the same table.

The amount of money wagered in pots between the two probably exceeds the entire net income of some small countries.

In today's session, the two veterans are playing three-handed with theASHMAN103.

Out of the top 5 pots of this session, Benyamine has bested Antonius in three, while theASHMAN103 has taken two large pots off of Benyamine. In short, Patrik is getting worked in the big pots of this session.

The biggest hand of the session at this point went a little something like this:

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8149952851 TABLE : RailHeaven (six-max) $500/$1,000 - No-Limit Hold'em - Sat Sept. 20 2008 - 8:44am ET

Table Setup

Seat 3: Patrik Antonius ($180,499)
Seat 4: David Benyamine ($137,757.40)
Seat 5: theASHMAN103 ($220,183.15)
David Benyamine posts the small blind of $500
theASHMAN103 posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #3

Pre-Flop

Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius raises to $3,500
David Benyamine raises to $11,500
theASHMAN103 folds
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius calls $8,000

Flop [10♠ Q♥ 8♣]

David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine bets $21,000
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius calls $21,000

Turn [10♠ Q♥ 8♣] [10♥]

David Benyamine checks
Patrik Antonius has 15 seconds left to act
Patrik Antonius has requested TIME
Patrik Antonius bets $54,000
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine has requested TIME
David Benyamine raises to $105,257.40, and is all-in
Patrik Antonius calls $51,257.40
David Benyamine shows [K♥ K♦]
Patrik Antonius shows [7♥ 9♥]

River [10♠ Q♥ 8♣ 10♥] [7♦]

David Benyamine shows two pair, kings and tens
Patrik Antonius shows two pair, tens and sevens
David Benyamine wins the pot ($276,513.80) with two pair, kings and tens

With the open-ended straight draw and the flush draw, Antonius wasn't going anywhere in this pot. Benyamine, with his overpair, was also committed to see a showdown. All in all it was a pretty standard hand in a rough session for Antonius.

In all of the largest pots he's played against Benyamine this session, Antonius has missed his draws, been out kicked on his top pair or seen Benyamine hit his draws. As the saying has it, "Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you."

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