West Hits the River to Win a Big Pot From Gleidibe Brito
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
In a feature table hand, Jonathan West raised with 
from under the gun. David Peters calls from the highjack seat, as well as Gleidibe Brito with 
from the cutoff. Liv Boeree calls on the button with 
and Lucas Blanco called from the big blind as well with 
creating a five-way pot heading to the flop.
The flop came down 
and after a check from Blanco, West bet 20,000. Brito was the only caller.
The turn was the 
and West bet 55,000. Brito called once more.
On the river 
, West fired one more time, having finally made top pair. Brito thought for a long time, but eventually decided to call. West showed him the bad news and moved to 800,000 chips by collecting the pot while Brito dropped0 to 437,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
256,000
|
256,000 |
|
437,000
-171,000
|
-171,000 |