Hand #11: Faton Berisha Bets Big on the River Against Tomas Siran

Photo:  Faton Berisha

There aren’t really any short stacks among the final 16 players, and during the first 10 hands of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, there were no big hands and no all-in-and-call situations.

In Hand #11, Philipp Meier raises from middle position to 11,000, Faton Berisha calls from the cutoff, and Tomas Siran calls from the small blind.

All three players check to the turn on a board of , Siran checks, and Meier bets 10,000. Berisha and Meier both call.

The river card is the , and Siran bets 33,000. Meier folds, and Berisha tanks for a while before he raises to 85,000, leaving himself just 30K behind. Siran goes into the tank for a long time before he folds face up for the nut flush.

Berisha takes the pot, and shows for a flopped full house, letting Siran know he made a good fold.

Faton Berisha  –  221,000  (44 bb)
Tomas Siran  –  169,000  (34 bb)