Championship Day 1B: Fred Goldberg Knocks Out a Player to Reach 180K

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  385

Fred Goldberg and David Tuthill
Fred Goldberg (left) and David Tuthill

A player raised from middle position to 1,500, Fred Goldberg reraised from the cutoff to 4,000, and his opponent called.

The flop came Ac8h3d, his opponent checked, Goldberg bet 5,000, and his opponent moved all in for a little more than 20K.

Goldberg quickly called with AhQc for a pair of aces, and his opponent turned over As6s for a pair of aces with a lower kicker.

The turn card was the 2s, the river card was the Qh, and Goldberg won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to eliminate his opponent and reach 180K in chips.

Fred Goldberg  –  180,000  (300 bb)

The eliminated player lingered a bit after the hand, and Goldberg was very nice and polite with him. After the player left, somebody pointed out that Goldberg was extra nice to the players after he busted them.

Someone else suggested that Goldberg should buy the player a drink.

Goldberg smiled and said, “I’m in for four bullets. He should buy me a drink.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).