Beresford Chips Up With Trips
Level 14
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Conor Beresford raised from middle position. He was called by Viacheslav Goryachev on the button and Nikita Kuznetsov in the big blind.
Three players went to the flop, which came 
. Kuznetsov checked. Beresford bet 9,000, Goryachev called and Kuznetsov vacated the pot.
The turn was the 
and Beresford slowed down with a check. Goryachev bet 13,000 and Beresford called. The river was the 
and Beresford checked again and Goryachev also checked back.
Beresford showed 
. The flop had given him a pair of nines and he'd made trips on the river, checking down for pot control and to induce bets from his opponent. He scooped the pot and currently sits just outside the top ten chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
80,000
-11,500
|
-11,500 |