High Stakes Poker Season 5 Episode 3 Recap

This Sunday featured the third consecutive brand new episode of High Stakes Poker season 5 with the same players returning from previous weeks. This weeks episode was a bit slower paced, but will still some massive action. The biggest pot won was David Benyamine who beat the tilting Daniel Negreanu.

Here is episode 3’s line up. For more information about the players, please visit our High Stakes Poker Season 5 Line up page that has short bio’s of each player.

Barry Greenstein
Daniel Negreanu
Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan
Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies
Peter Eastgate
Doyle Brunson
David Benyamine
Eli Elezra

Once the opening credits rolled the action immediately kicks off with Daniel Negreanu picking up A7 diamonds and raising to $2,500. Eastgate and Ziigmund fold and it was Doyle Brunson’s turn to act and he looks down at pocket kings. This is his third time this season he has been dealt pocket kings. He ends up just smooth calling the kings and ends up getting re-raised by Eli Elezra with pocket nines to $13,300. Negreanu folds his A7 diamonds and Doyle starts putting on an act of what he should do.

During his performance Elezra says, “You with kings again?” This sparks Doyle into raising to a total of $95,600 and Elezra insta-calls all-in.

Doyle says, “I wouldn’t have moved you all in if you wouldn’t have called my hand.”

Both players decide to run it twice for a total pot of $195,700. The first board runs Jh-7s-8c-Qs-7c, which gives Doyles the first half of the pot. The second board came 5c-4h-3h-10h-6h giving Elezra a 9 high suck out flush and he receives the second half of the pot.

Hand two of the episode is being dealt out and the players are all still talking about last weeks crazy hand in which durrrr made two players fold the best hand when he fired out two huge bullets with a very vulnerable hand. There are also several prop bets on whether or not Eastgate folded the best hand. In mid conversation durrrr looks down at Jh-5s and raises it to $3,000 and Ziigmund takes a peak at pocket kings and makes the call of $2,200 on the big blind. The flop fell 10s-Js-8h and both players check quickly. The turn pairs the board with an 8 of diamonds and Ziigmund bets out $6,000 and durrrr casually makes the call. An ace of diamonds appeared on the river and Ziigmund made a continuing bet of $14,000 and durrrr makes an excellent fold. Ziigmund scoops at pot worth $20,000.

The following hand Benyamine open raises to $2,500 with pocket deuces and receives calls from Elezra with Ah-3c and Negreanu with Kh-Qh. The flop was excellent for Negreanu when it came 4h-9-Jd giving him two over cards and flush draw. The three players checked around and fourth street was an ace of spades. Negreanu bet out $6,500, Benyamine folded and Elezra called with his pair of aces. The river was a complete blank (2 of clubs), Negreanu checked and Elezra bet out $10k and Negreanu insta-folded. Elezra stacks a pot worth $22,500.

At this point Eastgate finally revealed that he had a deuce in the big hand in episode 2 and durrr ended up winning $9,000 from prop bets. The table continues to talk about that hand and once again in mid conversation durrrr raises to $3,000 with Jd-6d. Elezra makes the call of $3,000 with 3h-2h while talking gibberish with Eastgate. The two players go heads up to the flop and Elezra flops a flush draw when the flop came 5h-9h-Qd. Durrrr folded after Elezra bet out $4,500.

From middle position Negreanu limps in with As-8s and Greenstein raises to $4,000 with Jh-10d from the button. The remaining players fold and Negreanu calls. The flop hit huge for Greenstein landing 8d-9d-Qs. Negreanu checked and Greenstein bet out $5,500 which got a call from Negreanu. The turn brought an action card, an ace of hearts. Negreanu now has aces up and he checks it over to Greenstein who came out betting $15,000. It took Negreanu several minutes before he came up with a decision to just smooth call.

The river was a king of spades and Negreanu was faced with another decision when Greentstein bet out $50,000 after Negreanu checked the river. While Negreanu was thinking the pot was worth $101,800 with Greenstein’s bet. Negreanu was speaking out loud about what Greenstein could possibly have and ended up talking himself into a call. He was quite surprised to see the straight and ended up losing a pot of $151,800 to Greenstein. Negreanu says. “I should have folded.”

Action continued the following hand with Doyle Brunson raising with Ah-9h to $4,000, Greenstein calls with 2-2, Elezra calls with Kh-Qd and Negreanu calls from the big blind with Ac-8c. Doyle bets out $9,000 after Negreanu checked and Elezra smooth calls with bottom two. The action came to Negreanu who check raises to $24,000, which makes Doyle fold and Elezra calls the $15,000. The turn was a jack of clubs and Negreanu immediately checks and says, “what kind of a card that is? So sick. Huh. Of course a jack has to come right away, I thought it would be a jack or ten for sure, I would’ve bet a million on it, so brutal just like you know its coming, go ahead you know you’re going to bluff me anyway. ” Negreanu continues to rant and Elezra responds with, “What if I had the best hand before [on the flop]?” and he also bet $35,000 and Negreanu folds.

Benyamine decides to get in on the action and raises second from the cut off to $3,000 with Kd-4d, Elezra folds his 9-8 and Ziigmund feels it raising to $13,000 with 7d-2c. Negreanu calls $12,600 from the small blind with 5h-4h. Eastgate folds his big blind and Benyamine folds his weak hand. Both players checked the flop of 10s-8h-Ah. It looked like Negreanu was going to bet regardless of what the turn brought when he fired out $25,000 when a 6 of spades fell. Ziigmund folds and Negreanu finally scooped a much needed pot worth $31,400.

From middle position durrrr raised to $3,000 with 6d-5c, which received a call from Negreanu from the button with 9d-8h and Doyle from the big blind with 10s-10h. An action flop hit when the board came Jc-10d-6c. Both Doyle and durrr checked which made Negreanu bite betting out $7,000. Doyle puts on another act and makes a call of $7,000. The turn brought an ace of clubs and both players check. The river paired the jack and Doyle checked hoping Negreanu would bluff at it. Negreanu failed to fall into Doyle’s trap and checked behind with his nine high. Doyle earns a pot worth $25,000.

After the 11th hand of episode 3 Elezra says he wants to play $500/$1,000 and no one seems to be bothered by that. The action presumes from these blinds and the first hand of the new structure Negreanu is dealt two black jacks and raises to $2,800, he receives calls from Eastgate with 3d-3h, Benyamine with 4s-4h and Elezra with 3s-2s. The flop came 2d-4d-7c giving Benyamine a set of fours and Negreanu an over pair. Action gets checked to Negreanu who bets $8,000, Eastgate calls and Benyamine re-raises to $41,000. Negreanu makes the call of $33,000 and Eastgate folds. The turn makes Benyamine quads with a four of clubs and Benyamine makes a total value sucker bet of $35,000. Negreanu continues his weird act and pushes all in with his pocket jacks and gets called by Benyamines quads for a total pot of $416,200.

That wraps up high stakes poker season 5 episode 3’s action and here are the final stats of the episode:

1. Elezra and Brunson – $195,700 chopped
2. Ziigmund – $20,000 from durrrr
3. Elezra – $22,500 from Negreanu
4. Elezra – $8,800 from durrrr
5. Greenstein – $151,800 from Negreanu
6. Elezra – $75,000 from Negreanu
7. Negreanu – $31,400 from Ziigmund
8. Brunson – $25,000 from Negreanu
9. Elezra – $45,600 from Eastgate
10. Greenstein – $73,600 from Ziigmund
11. Brunson – $21,600
12. Benyamine – $416,200 from Negreanu

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