FSPC Event 1 (Flight 1E): "Small Blind Special" For Niebla

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 1 - $175 No Limit Hold'em ($100,000 GTD)
Level 15 (Blinds 1,500/3,000/500)
Total Flight 1E Entries: 191
Flight 1E Players Remaining: 37/191

Alberto Niebla (Miami, FL) 

After action at Table 5 folded around to John Womack (on the button), he would open for a small raise.  Both players in the blind came along, and the three watched as the dealer fanned out a flop of 4♥ 4♦ 5♠.  The blinds checked to Womack, who placed down a bet of 11,000, only to be checked raised by Alberto Niebla (Miami, FL) in the small blind.  Niebla shoved his stack of 50,000 forward, and was immediately called by the player in the big blind (who had Niebla covered).  With only a few thousand left behind, Womack begrudgingly made the call, and knew his pocket deuces were behind.  Both blinds flopped trip fours, but Niebla held the better kicker (10♣ 4♣ vs. 3♠ 4♠).  The turn and river changed nothing, and Alberto would more than double to 110,000.

It may not yet put him in the race for the chip lead, but it gives Alberto an above average stack, that he can comfortably play without feeling like he needs to pick a spot.