Benefield Loses Two On Paired Flops

From the hijack seat, 2013 World Series of Poker November Niner David Benefield raised to 16,000. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu made the call from the small blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked.

The turn was the , and both players checked again. Then, the finished off the board on the river. Negreanu bet 22,000, and Benefield folded.

On the next hand, Benefield raised to 16,000 from middle position, and this time he was three-bet by Vitaly Lunkin to 38,000 from the cutoff seat. Action folded back to Benefield, and he made the call.

For the second hand in a row, a paired flop came out — . Benefield checked, Lunkin bet 44,000, and Benefield folded.