BATB Event #14 ($1,500 NLH Championship): Brereton Loses A Chunk To Gotlieb, Who Checked His Way To Value

2018 Battles At The Beach
Event #14 | $1,500 NLH Championship ($500,000 GTD)
Level 13 (Blinds 1,200/2,400/400) | Structure
Total Entries: 433
Players Remaining: 114

Joseph Gotlieb (Hollywood, FL) is tried and tested in a tournament of this magnitude, having won the WSOP Circuit Main   ($1,675 No Limit Hold'em) at Hard Rock in September of last year.

Table 10 was passed at just the right moment, as the final stages were caught of a hand between Luke Brereton and Joseph Gotlieb (Hollywood, FL).  Joseph would check the river of a board that read 10♦ 7♥ Q♦ Q♣ 2♣, with Brereton pushing forward a stack of yellow chips (100,000), which was enough to put Gotlieb all-in.  Joseph quickly made the call, and tabled his hand before Luke even had a chance to react, showing 7♠ 7♣ (flopping bottom set, and turning a full house).  

Brereton never showed his hand, just tossing it towards the muck, and waiting for the dealer to count down Gotlieb's stack.  Luke would have to send 72,500 the way of Gotlieb, dropping him down below the 80,000 mark.

Joseph Gotlieb - 250,000 (104bb)
Luke Brereton - 80,000 (33bb)