Toronto native Griffin Benger, known as "shaGuar" from his days as a pro CS 1.6 player, turned to pro poker a few years ago, and is now best known as one of two expert commentators on the Global Poker League on Twitch.



He still plays himself, and this year earned a seat at the prestigious World Series of Poker's final table in Las Vegas, a.k.a. the November Nine, next month. On the way there this summer, he got into an epic standoff with opponent William Kassouf, who thought he had the better hand and was trying to mind-game Benger into calling.

The clip posted by ESPN has been going viral in the CS:GO Twittersphere since SportRadar's Ben Woodward picked it up this morning and some old friends of Benger's responded.

As shaGuar, Benger played Counter-Strike 1.6 from 2002 to around 2008, serving with Evil Geniuses, Team 3D and Team NoA, the first "hybrid" CS team to bring together players from different continents. In 2007, he won the CGS World Championship with Chicago Chimera, who became one of the first esports teams to take home more than $100,000 in prize money with the $250,000 grand prize.

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