Brett Apter Spikes the Turn for His "Fourth or Fifth Set"

Nov 23, 2018

Brett Apter

WPT Champions Club member Phil Laak raises to 2,200 from the cutoff, the player on the button calls and Brett Apter (pictured) three-bets from the small blind. The player in the big blind four-bets all in for about 27,800 and action folds to Apter who calls.

Apter shows Spade 8Club 8, trailing his opponent’s Diamond 9Club 9.

The board comes down Club QHeart 6Spade 3Heart 8Diamond K, giving Apter a set of eights to eliminate his opponent.

“That’s like your fourth or fifth set today,” says Laak. “You’re superhuman.”

“And he beats sets with flushes,” says tablemate Ruslan Dykshteyn.

“That’s right! He upgrades to flushes sometimes too,” says Laak.

Brett Apter – 160,000 (160 bb)

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