‘FPO Championship’
Level 23 (10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 557
Players Remaining: 13
Avg. Chips: 1,285,000
Connor Berkowitz (Manalapan, NJ
After getting more or less crippled in a set over set encounter with Scott Matte, Connor Berkowitz worked a short stack for a few orbits. He managed to get some all-in shoves through but the first time he was called, he would lose a flip for his tournament life to go out in 14th place.
That hand was picked up with Scott DiClaudio opening to 65,000 and after a large pre flop raise, Berkowitz moved all-in for just under 300,000. The table folded back around to The Judge and after some thought, he eventually decided that he was “priced in”. He called and held {Kh}{Qs} to the short stack’s {10c}{10s}.
The flip was more or less over on the {Kd}{Jd}{5h} flop, as Berkowitz was left drawing to just two outs. Neither of those outs came on the turn and river and he was sent to the rail to collect his $13,500 score. A few hands later, DiClaudio was sending the chips he won from Berkowitz to Orson Young, who doubled with {5s}{5d} against DiClaudio’s {Ac}{10s}.
Young flopped a set and turned quads to move up to 650,000 and when the dust settled, The Judge was playing just over 1,400,000.