Hands #5-13: Four in a Row For Istvan Briski

Nov 29, 2023

Photo: Istvan Briski

HAND #5 – Darryll Fish moves all in for 3,750,000 in the cutoff and everyone folds.


HAND #6 – Fred Goldberg raises to 400,000 on the button and wins the blinds and antes.


HAND #7 – Istvan Briski raises to 400,000 in the hijack and Matt Bond calls in the big blind.

The flop is Club 4Club 7Club K and Briski bets 200,000. “I needed spades. Not clubby feet,” Bond says as he folds.


HAND #8 – Istvan Briski raises to 400,000 under the gun and everyone folds. “Pot after pot now,” Matt Bond says.


HAND #9 – Istvan Briski gets a walk in the big blind.


HAND #10 – Action folds to Istvan Briski in the small blind who raises to 600,000. Fred Goldberg folds his big blind.


HAND #11 – Rayan Chamas raises to 450,000 under the gun and Matt Bond calls in the hijack.

The flop is Heart 6Heart 7Club 4 and Chamas bets 1,200,000. “I guess spades aren’t coming today. I should stop playing that suit,” Bond says as he folds.


HAND #12 – Matt Bond raises to 450,000 under the gun, Istvan Briski three-bets to 1,125,000 in the cutoff, and Bond folds.

Istvan Briski – 18,200,000 (91 bb)
Matt Bond – 6,500,000 (33 bb)


HAND #13 –  Sandy Sanchez raises to 450,000 on the button, Rayan Chamas three-bets to 1,800,000 in the small blind, and Sanchez folds.

“Keep it down, Sandy,” Matt Bond says about the usually-stoic Sanchez.

“This guy is unbearable,” jokes Darryll Fish.

Rayan Chamas – 21,000,000 (105 bb)
Sandy Sanchez – 12,000,000 (60 bb)

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