Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-24-2013 19:25 UTC-7

Hands #63-66 Joao Dorneles Neto Eliminated in 5th Place ($120,574)

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Joao Dorneles Neto is eliminated in 5th place by Peter Hengsakul

Hand #63- Allan Vrooman raised to 110,000 from the cutoff, and he picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #64- Joao Dorneles Neto gets a walk in the big blind.

Hand #65- Peter Hengsakul raised to 100,000 from the cutoff, and Allan Vrooman moved all in for around one million. Hengsakul folded, and Vrooman took down the pot.

Hand #66- Hengsakul made it 100,000 to go from under the gun, and Neto made it 300,000 to go from the button. It got back to Hengsakul, and he made the call after 30 seconds of thought. The flop came , and Hengsakul checked to Neto, who fired out 250,000. Hengsakul tagged along to see the hit the turn. This time, Hengsakul led out for an event 500,000, and after a minute of thought, Neto moved all in. Hengsakul snap called.

Hengsakul:
Neto:

Neto's top pair was drawing dead to the flopped set of Hengsakul, and the meaningless river was the . After collecting that bounty, Hengsakul now owns 2/3 of the chips in play four handed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Hengsakul	6,100,000	2,050,000
Joao Dorneles Neto	Busted

Tags: Joao Dorneles Neto Peter Hengsakul

06-24-2013 19:17 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Hengsakul	4,050,000	285,000
Jared Hamby	2,055,000	285,000
Joao Dorneles Neto	1,900,000	-500,000
Allan Vrooman	1,080,000	235,000
Nicolas Fierro	575,000	-210,000

06-24-2013 19:14 UTC-7

Hengsakul Out Kicks Neto

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #59: Peter Hengsakul opened to 80,000 from the button and Joao Dorneles Neto defended his big blind to see a flop fall. Neto checked and Hengsakul bet out 150,000 which was met with a call from Neto as the rolled off on the turn.

Neto checked again, as did Hengsakul before the landed on the river. Neto led out for 250,000 and Hengsakul made the call.

Neto tabled his for two pair but it would be Hengsakul's for a better kicker that would see him capture the pot.

Hand #60: Joao Dorneles Neto bumped it up to 90,000 before Allan Vrooman moved all in. Neto quickly mucked and Vrooman collected the pot.

Hand #61: Joao Dorneles Neto kicked it up on his button to 90,000 and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #62: From the small blind Jared Hamby raised to 95,000 only to have Peter Hengsakul make it 250,000 from the large blind. Hamby paused for nearly a minute before making it 455,000 to put the decision back into Hengsakul's hands.

Not taking too long, Hengsakul slid his hand to the muck and Hamby increased his stack to roughly 2 million.

Tags: Joao Dorneles Neto Peter Hengsakul Allan Vrooman Jared Hamby

06-24-2013 19:05 UTC-7

Hand #54- Hengsakul Takes the Chip Lead

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #54- Peter Hengsakul made it 80,000 to go on the button, and Nicolas Fierro reraised to 520,000. Hengsakul folded, and Fierro took down the pot.

Hand #55-Hengsakul raised to 80,000, and he got calls from both blinds, Joao Dorneles Neto and Allan Vrooman. The flop came down , and it checked to Hengsakul, who fired out 125,000. Neto was the lone caller, and the turn was the . Both players knuckled, and the hit the river. Neto checked a third time, and Hengsakul fired out an overbet of 800,000. Neto thought for about 90 seconds before he called, and Hengsakul showed for a full house. Neto mucked his hand, and Hengsakul took down a huge pot to take the chip lead.

Hand #56- Neto raised it up to 80,000 on the button, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #57- Vrooman made it 90,000 to go on the button, and Hengsakul moved all in for 3.5 million. Vrooman folded, and Hengsakul took down the pot.

Hand #58- Action folded to Jared Hamby on the button, and he made it 85,000 to go. That was good enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Hengsakul	3,765,000	1,000,000
Joao Dorneles Neto	2,400,000	-1,000,000

Tags: Joao Dorneles Neto Peter Hengsakul

06-24-2013 18:54 UTC-7

Matt Berkey Eliminated in 6th Place ($89,008)

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #50: Peter Hengsakul opened to 100,000 and collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #51: From the button, Allan Vrooman opened to 105,000 and he picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #52: Nicolas Fierro moved all in from under the gun for 565,000 and collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #53: Matt Berkey moved all in from the cutoff for 355,000 before Jared Hamby moved all in behind him on the button for roughly 1.4 million.

Hamby:
Berkey:

With Berkey trailing, the rendered him dead to a chop, and when the and filled out the turn and river, Berkey was out the door in 6th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Hamby	1,770,000	460,000
Matt Berkey	Busted

Tags: Allan Vrooman Jared Hamby Matt Berkey Nicolas Fierro Peter Hengsakul

06-24-2013 18:45 UTC-7

Hand #45-49

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #45- Joao Dorneles Neto made it 80,000 to go from the cutoff, and Jared Hamby defended his big blind. The flop came down . Both players checked, and the hit the turn. Hamby fired out 85,000, and Neto gave his hand up.

Hand #46- Neto raised it up to 80,000 from early position, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #47- Hamby made it 85,000 from the button, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #48- Peter Hengsakul made it 100,000 to go on the button, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #49- Nicolas Fierro made it 85,000 on the button, and Allan Vrooman called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Vrooman led right out with 100,000. Fierro folded his hand, and Vrooman took it down.

Tags: Nicolas Fierro Allan Vrooman Jared Hamby

06-24-2013 18:37 UTC-7

Hamby Spikes Double

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #42: Joao Dorneles Neto receives a walk in the big blind.

Hand #43: Matt Berkey limped in under the gun and Allan Vrooman checked to see a and Vrooman checked to Berkey who bet out 65,000. Vrooman made the call as the landed on the turn.

Vrooman pushed out 105,000 and Berkey quickly folded.

Hand #44: From under the gun, Jared Hamby moved all in for 610,000 and Joao Dorneles Neto moved all in also.

Hamby:
Neto:

With Hamby trailing, the flop connected with his hand to see him take the lead. The turn of the changed little before the completed the board on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Dorneles Neto	3,400,000	-670,000
Jared Hamby	1,310,000	685,000

Tags: Allan Vrooman Jared Hamby Joao Dorneles Neto Matt Berkey

06-24-2013 18:30 UTC-7

Catching Up With Matt Berkey on Break

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

by Pamela Maldonado

Matt Berkey has three World Series of Poker cashes for the 2013 festival including one final table.

He finished third in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event to collect $199,733. He now sits as one of the six players in the final table of Event No.40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em, which began on Saturday.

With 12 WSOP cashes and nearly $600,000 in live tournament WSOP earnings, Berkey has a fighting chance to push his way through to victory for his first WSOP bracelet.

During break, we grabbed Berkey to discuss his success at the 2013 WSOP, his online poker history, and his strategy for the final table.

PokerNews: You already have three cashes and one final table, how would you say your summer is going for you?

I don’t want to say better than expected because you always hope for the best but I couldn’t have expected two final tables. Overall I am happy, pleased with my game but of course, you think you could always being doing something more. There is always something you can learn to become a better player. But so far I’m happy.

You were equally successful online as you are live. What is the major difference for you and what adjustments have you had to make?

I actually hate online poker. I’ve been a live player from the beginning and prefer to play live events hands down. As far as adjusting it was complete opposite for me. While everyone had to transition from online to live, I had to make the transition from live to online. This is my home, and this (live) is what I appreciate playing.

Sine you don’t like online poker compared to live, are you still hoping for online poker to come back to the United States?

Oh yea. I say I hate it because I don’t enjoy playing it not because I think it’s bad for the poker economy. It’s fantastic and we need it back desperately. I was one of the ones who was fist pumping a little bit when it went away because I wanted the learning curve to slow down. The new kids weren’t learning as quickly but it didn’t matter because it was just sucking so much money out of the economy that everything else went dry.

Was there any monumental hand that helped you catapult to the final table?

Very early in Day 1, actually. Blinds were like 100/200, it was heads-up and I three-bet out of the blinds. We both had like 20,000 and he four-bet small and I called. The flop was and I checked, he bet 3,500 and I shoved. He called with and I held. He belittled me for the next half hour before he busted. He actually wanted to bet me that I wouldn’t run deep and I wanted to bet my life that I would. I wish I had because look where I am today. It was just a fun situation. Obviously he was the favorite but that’s tournament poker for you.

Tags: Matt Berkey

06-24-2013 18:28 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Level 26 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Dorneles Neto	4,070,000	470,000
Peter Hengsakul	2,765,000	285,000
Allan Vrooman	845,000	-315,000
Nicolas Fierro	785,000	-261,000
Matt Berkey	640,000	-365,000
Jared Hamby	625,000	-150,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000