Event 23: Samuel Bernabeu Eliminates Matt Berkey

$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Players: 501

After Samuel Bernabeu opened with a raise from middle position, Matt Berkey three-bet all in for roughly 9,000 from the small blind. After the player in the big blind folded, Bernabeu, who back in 2013 finished fifth in the SHRPO Main Event, made the call.

Bernabeu: AsQc
Berkey: 10h9h

The 5s8h2d flop was no help to Berkey, and while the 7s turn didn’t hit him directly, it did give him an open-ended straight draw to go with his two live cards. Unfortunately for him, none of his outs appeared as the Kc bricked on the river.

Samuel Bernabeu – 34,000
Matt Berkey – Eliminated