‘FPO Championship’
Level 23 (10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entries: 557
Players Remaining: 15
Avg. Chips: 1,144,000
Scott Matte just flopped a set of queens to down Connor Berkowitz’s flopped set of nines, in what looked to be the biggest pot of the tournament.
We’ve seen some big pots over the last two days but the biggest pot of the tournament just played out on Table 1, as we saw another huge set over set encounter. That action was picked up after Connor Berkowitz opened to 45,000 and Scott Matte three-bet to 110,000 from late position. Berkowitz called and then checked the {Qs}{9c}{8h} flop.
Matte cut out a bet of 160,000 and, very quickly, Berkowitz raised to 315,000. After some thought, Matte announced himself “all-in” and after a re-check of his cards, Berkowitz called and tabled {9h}{9d}. The WSOP bracelet winner felt he was in a great spot to score the knockout and potentially take the chip lead, that was until Matte turned over {Qh}{Qc} for a bigger flopped set.
Berkowitz shot from the table and put his hands on his head, bemoaning his luck, or lack thereof, while Matte sat and could only laugh, as he was obviously scared of possible straights on a very coordinated board. The {2c} and {8c} completed that board and the double for Matte, who came into this Day 3 session with just under 300,000 chips.
He’s now playing the better part of 1,500,000 after taking down the biggest pot of this FPO Championship, while it’s back to the drawing board for Berkowitz, who is currently playing just over 300,000.