Poker Room Hustle

When you’re playing High Stakes Poker, etiquette, integrity and respectfulness should naturally became a major factor of your game when at the poker table, as huge amounts of cash are changing hands and individuals should conduct themselves appropriately, whether they are playing online or at live tables. Well it looks like all that has gone out the window and it is quite apparent that Jay “pr1nnyraid” Rosenkrantz and David Benyamine are at war and are playing for much more than just the cash on the table. The two have exchanged a barrage of words, apparently due to Benyamine cleaning him out and then splitting to the Railheaven table to play with the regular Full Tilt Pros , a maneuver which Rosenkrantz didn’t take too kindly to. Rosenkrantz went on to mention that he would never “quit” Benyamine at heads-up because it was too profitable.

Benyamine’s girlfriend, Erica Schoenberg, took a shot at Rosenkrantz on a blog calling him an arrogant little kid whose only picked up the game due to the overly hyped up phase poker is going through. Rosencrantz fired right back the very same day on his own blog saying he is willing to discuss cash game etiquette with her at any time and in the process challenged Benyamine to heads up Showdown.

“Erica seems to have a lot of faith in DB and his ability to destroy my bankroll. I know that he’s not that good at multi-tabling so I hereby challenge David to a match: 2 tables of 200-400 or 300-600 HU NL.”

The game ended up going down and Rosenkrantz got the better of Benyamine in the heads up showdown, here’s a look at how the deciding hand was played out:

Benyamine vs. pr1nnyraid

Game: 8257547279

Table: Murdock (Deep HU)

$300/$600 No-Limit Hold’em

Table Setup

Seat 1 David Benyamine ($121,052.60)
Seat 2 pr1nnyraid ($117,899)
pr1nnyraid posts the small blind of $300
David Benyamine posts the big blind of $600
The button is in seat #2

Pre-Flop

pr1nnyraid raises to $1,800
David Benyamine calls $1,200

Flop [8 6 J]

David Benyamine checks
pr1nnyraid bets $2,700
David Benyamine calls $2,700

Turn [8 6 J][2]

David Benyamine checks
pr1nnyraid bets $7,200
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine has requested TIME
David Benyamine raises to $20,400
pr1nnyraid has 15 seconds left to act
pr1nnyraid has requested TIME
pr1nnyraid calls $13,200

River [8 6 J 2][4]

David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine has requested TIME
David Benyamine bets $37,200
pr1nnyraid has 15 seconds left to act
pr1nnyraid has requested TIME
pr1nnyraid raises to $92,999, and is all-in
David Benyamine has 15 seconds left to act
David Benyamine has requested TIME
David Benyamine calls $55,799

Showdown

pr1nnyraid shows [5 7] a straight, eight-high
David Benyamine mucks
pr1nnyraid wins the pot ($235,797.50) with a straight, eight-high

Summary

Total pot $235,798 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8 6 J2 4]
Seat 1 David Benyamine (big blind) mucked
Seat 2 pr1nnyraid (small blind) collected ($235,797.50)