2023 bestbet Winter Open

Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b23
Event Info
2023 bestbet Winter Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
$122,017
Event Info
Prize Pool
$580,425
Total Entries
327
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
131
Players Left
17
Players Left 1 / 327

Leonard Avoids Disaster and Drills River

Level 3 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
James Leonard
James Leonard

Three players took a flop of {7-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades} and William Davis bet 500. James Leonard called in early position, as did James Kleck in the small blind.

On the {8-Diamonds} turn, the Kleck checked, Davis now bet 1,000, and Leonard again called.

The river was the {9-Diamonds} and all three players checked and seemed reluctant to expose their hands to determine a winner.

The Kleck showed {a-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for bottom pair before Leonard showed {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a rivered pair of nines with a missed flushed draw.

Davis bemoaned his misfortune, flicking the {a-Clubs}, and then showing the {8-Clubs} beside it for a missed nut flush draw which could have gotten Leonard in trouble, but Leonard's pair of nines ended up being the winner.

Tags: James KleckJames LeonardWilliam Davis