Action folded to the player in the hijack who opened to 250. The small blind called. Luke Brereton then three-bet to 900 from the big blind. The player in the hijack called and the small blind folded.
The flop came . Luke threw in a bet of 1,000. The cutoff called. The turn brought the . Brereton quickly checked, and his opponent checked as well. The river completed the board and both checked again.
Brereton showed , and earned the pot as his opponent tossed his hand in the muck.
A player in middle position opened to 250. Ryan Bertee, one seat over, moved all in for his last 525. The player in middle position was the only caller.
Ryan Bertee:
Opponent:
Bertee hit a favorable flop of . The turn and completed the board and Bertee earned a double-up.
Upeshka De Silva started the 48th World Series of Poker off with a bang by winning his second bracelet in Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. De Silva won a first-place prize of $229,923, and with a couple more cashes this summer has pushed his lifetime tournament winnings over $1.8 million.
De Silva is seated in the spillover section of Amazon Orange, together with Konstantinos Nanos. In a recent hand it was Nanos who opened to 300 from middle position and got two callers. De Silva then three-bet to 1450 from the small blind, and after Nanos tank-folded the others snap-folded to give De Silva the winner.
The player in the hijack opened to 250, and David Mclaughlin called from the cutoff. Mihails Morozovs, in the small blind, three-bet all in for a total of 2,500. The big blind folded, as did the original raiser, but Mclaughlin made the call.
Mihails Morozovs:
David Mclaughlin:
The board came , giving Mclaughlin the better pair and eliminating Morozovs.