Habernig Runs Into a Brickwell

Earlier in the day we told you about Matthis Habernig.

Back in 2010, the then 19-year-old Habernig from Klagenfurt, Austria made poker headlines when he topped a field of 364 players to win the Latin American Poker Tour Season III Florianopolis Main Event for $247,491. As if things couldn’t get any better, Habernig was back at a LAPT final table a month later. That’s when he navigated a field of 258 players to make the final table of the LAPT Season 3 Grand Finale in Rosario, Argentina. He ultimately took sixth place for $49,400.

Habernig has flown under the poker spotlight since as he finishes his university studies, but he decided to play a little poker in Monaco. Unfortunately, his time in the Grand Final came to an end in the penultimate level of Day 1b.

We missed his final hand, but Dermot Blain was kind enough to fill us in on the details. According to him, an under-the-gun player opened for 1,100 and Habernig called. Germany's Daniel Brickwell then three-bet to 3,500, the original raiser folded, and Habernig four-bet it to 9,000. Brickwell moved all in and Habernig called off for 22,000 total.

Habernig:
Brickwell:

Habernig was in dire straits, but he got lucky when the flop gave him a full house. A third on the turn meant Brickwell could catch either the case ten or one of the two remaining kings to win, and unfortunately for the young Austrian, a spiked on the river.