2013 World Series of Poker

Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$525,272
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,161
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hands #23-25 Fred Berger Eliminated in 8th Place ($50,382)

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Fred Berger
Fred Berger

Hand #23- Peter Hengsakul made it 75,000 from the button, and Joao Dorneles Neto defended his big blind. The flop came {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}, and both players checked. The {7-Diamonds} hit the turn, and Neto fired out 84,000. Hengsakul folded, and Neto took the hand down.

Hand #24- Action folded to Nicolas Fierro on the button, and he raised to 65,000. Richard Dubini called from the big blind, and the flop came {7-Clubs}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Dubini checked, and Fierro c-bet to 75,000. Dubini quickly folded, and Fierro took down the pot.

Hand #25- Fred Berger made it 80,000 in early position, and Dubini made it 180,000 from the small blind. Berger made the call, and they went heads up to a flop of {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}. Dubini kept up the aggression with a bet of 100,000, and Berger shoved all in, a bet that Dubini quickly called.

Dubini: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Berger: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

Berger was in rough shape, as a queen would do him no good. He was hoping for one of the two kings left in the deck, but the turn was the {6-Diamonds}, and the river the {7-Hearts}. Berger will have to settle for just over $50,000, while Dubini is now up to 1.3 million.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
1,300,000
363,000
363,000
Fred Berger us
Fred Berger
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fred BergerRichard Dubini

Dubini Crippled, Neto Takes Lead

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Richard Dubini crippled
Richard Dubini crippled

Hand #26: Nicolas Fierro opened to 65,000 from the hi-jack only to have Richard Dubini make it 140,000 next to speak on the button. Fierro folded and Dubini captured another pot.

Hand #27: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 65,000 only to have Richard Dubini three-bet next to act to 152,000. The action folded back to Neto and he four-bet to 362,000.

Dubini looked up Neto's stack before making it 600,000 only to have Neto move all in with Dubini instantly calling.

Neto: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
Dubini: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

With Neto needing to spike to stay alive, the {A-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop saw his rail of Brazilians scream in excitement as Neto took a commanding lead.

The {3-Diamonds} on the turn changed little, and when the {10-Hearts} completed the board, Neto went running to his rail to celebrate as he moved into the chip lead with 3.4 million.

Dubini on the other hand was left with only 25,000 - not even enough to match the big blind.

Joao Dorneles Neto celebrates with his rail
Joao Dorneles Neto celebrates with his rail
Player Chips Progress
Joao Dorneles Neto br
Joao Dorneles Neto
3,410,000
2,160,000
2,160,000
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
25,000
-1,275,000
-1,275,000

Tags: Joao Dorneles NetoNicolas FierroRichard Dubini

Hands #28 Richard Dubini Eliminated in 7th Place ($66,544)

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Richard Dubini - 7th place
Richard Dubini - 7th place

Hand #28- Richard Dubini moved all in for 18,000, and Allan Vrooman called from the cutoff. Jared Hamby called from the small blind, and Peter Hengsakul checked his option. The flop came {2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Hamby fired 50,000, and while Hengaskul folded, Vrooman called. They both checked the {j-Diamonds} on the turn, and the {6-Clubs} on the river. Here were the hands.

Hamby: {10-}{2-}
Dubini: {q-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Vrooman: mucked

Hamby's flopped two pair was good to take both the side and the main pot to up his stack to 775,000, and Richard Dubini was knocked out in 7th place.

Player Chips Progress
Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
775,000
180,000
180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Richard Dubini ar
Richard Dubini
Busted

Tags: Allan VroomanJared HambyRichard Dubini

Vrooman and Hengsakul Get Busy

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #29: Joao Dorneles Neto made it 65,000 and collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #30: Joao Dorneles Neto receives a walk in the big blind.

Hand #31: Jared Hamby opened the pot to 66,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #32: Jared Hamby opened to 68,000 from under the gun only to have Allan Vrooman three-bet to 248,000 from out of the small blind.

Hamby deliberated for close to two minutes before eventually releasing his hand.

Hand #33: Peter Hengsakul opened to 82,000 from under the gun with Matt Berkey making the call to see a {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop fall.

Berkey led out for 110,000 before Hengsakul bumped it up to 290,000 to force an insta-fold from Berkey.

Tags: Joao Dorneles NetoJared Hamby

Hands #34-38 Neto Keeps Raising

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #34- Peter Hengsakul gets a walk in the big blind.

Hand #35- Joao Dorneles Neto raised to 60,000 from under the gun, and Matt Berkey moved all in. It folded back to Neto, and he quickly folded.

Hand #36- Hengsakul raised to 82,000 on the button, and Neto reraised to 188,000 from the big blind. Hengsakul made the call, and the dealer fanned out a flop of {4-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. Neto c-bet to 175,000, and Hengsakul quickly folded.

Hand #37- Nicolas Fierro raised on the button to 60,000, and Neto reraised to 165,000 next to act. It got back to Fierro, and he laid it down, giving another pot to Neto.

Hand #38- Jared Hamby raised under the gun to 68,000, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Tags: Jared HambyJoao Dorneles NetoNicolas FierroPeter Hengsakul

Neto Clips Fierro

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #39: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Jared Hamby made the call to see a {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop fall.

Neto bet out 55,000 and Hamby insta-mucked.

Hand #40: Allan Vrooman bumped it up to 80,000 from the cutoff and collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #41: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Nicolas Fierro made the call. The flop fell {10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Fierro checked to Neto who checked also.

The turn of the {6-Spades} saw Fierro checked and Neto fire out a delayed continuation-bet of 81,000 with Fierro making the call as the {7-Clubs} completed the board on the river. Fierro checked again and Neto bet out 130,000 before Fierro folded.

Tags: Allan VroomanJared HambyJoao Dorneles NetoNicolas Fierro

Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Catching Up With Matt Berkey on Break

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

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 {q-}{8-} out of the blinds. We both had like 20,000 and he four-bet small and I called. The flop was {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-} and I checked, he bet 3,500 and I shoved. He called with {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} 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