Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Hand #91: Jared Hamby limped in and Peter Hengsakul checked to see a     flop fall. Hengsakul bet out 100,000 and won the pot from Hamby.

Hand #92: Allan Vrooman opened under the gun to 200,000 only to have Peter Hengsakul move all in for over 5.5 million from the small blind. Nicolas Fierro called all in for roughly his last 170,000, as Vrooman also called all in for his last 710,000.

Fierro:   
Vrooman:   
Hengsakul:   

The     flop gave Fierro additional outs to a straight, and when the   landed on the turn he gained a further two outs while Hengsakul found four more.

Unfortunately for both of them the   would strike on the river to send Vrooman up to over 1.6 million as Fierro headed to the rail in 4th.

Hand #86: Peter Hengsakul opened to 100,000 only to have Nicolas Fierro slide out a stack of chips amounting to 750,000. Hengsakul assumed it was an all in and made the call before realizing Fierro had 15,000 behind.

Hengsakul tossed in 10,000 and stated, "you can still fold!"

The dealer spread a     flop and Fierro committed the final 15,000 with Hengsakul calling.

Hengsakul:   
Fierro:   

The turn and river landed the   and   and Fierro doubled through to 1.6 million.

Peter Hengsakul	5,270,000	-430,000
Nicolas Fierro	1,600,000	750,000

Hand #77: Jared Hamby opened to 115,000 and he collected the blinds and antes after Allan Vrooman open-mucked his   .

Hand #78: Allan Vrooman bumped it up to 150,000 from the small blind and won the big blind and antes.

Hand #79: Allan Vrooman made it 150,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #80: Jared Hamby opened the button to 110,000 only to have Peter Hengsakul make it 330,000. Hamby mucked and Hengsakul won the pot.

Hand #71: From the small blind Jared Hamby raised it up to 130,000 and he picked up the big blind and antes.

Hand #72: Paul Hengsakul moved all in from the small blind and picked up the big blind and antes.

Hand #73: Peter Hengsakul opened the button to 100,000 and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #74: Peter Hengsakul opened to 100,000 and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #75: Peter Hengsakul received a walk in the big blind with his   .

Hand #67: From the button Allan Vrooman moved all in and collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #68: Allan Vrooman opened to 105,000 from under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #69: Jared Hamby opened to 85,000 from under the gun and he collected the blinds and antes.

Hand #70: From the small blind Allan Vrooman limped and Jared Hamby checked his option to see a     flop fall. Vrooman tossed in 55,000 and Hamby quickly mucked.

Hand #54- Peter Hengsakul made it 80,000 to go on the button, and Nicolas Fierro reraised to 520,000. Hengsakul folded, and Fierro took down the pot.

Hand #55-Hengsakul raised to 80,000, and he got calls from both blinds, Joao Dorneles Neto and Allan Vrooman. The flop came down    , and it checked to Hengsakul, who fired out 125,000. Neto was the lone caller, and the turn was the  . Both players knuckled, and the   hit the river. Neto checked a third time, and Hengsakul fired out an overbet of 800,000. Neto thought for about 90 seconds before he called, and Hengsakul showed    for a full house. Neto mucked his hand, and Hengsakul took down a huge pot to take the chip lead.

Hand #56- Neto raised it up to 80,000 on the button, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #57- Vrooman made it 90,000 to go on the button, and Hengsakul moved all in for 3.5 million. Vrooman folded, and Hengsakul took down the pot.

Hand #58- Action folded to Jared Hamby on the button, and he made it 85,000 to go. That was good enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Peter Hengsakul	3,765,000	1,000,000
Joao Dorneles Neto	2,400,000	-1,000,000

Hand #45- Joao Dorneles Neto made it 80,000 to go from the cutoff, and Jared Hamby defended his big blind. The flop came down    . Both players checked, and the   hit the turn. Hamby fired out 85,000, and Neto gave his hand up.

Hand #46- Neto raised it up to 80,000 from early position, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #47- Hamby made it 85,000 from the button, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #48- Peter Hengsakul made it 100,000 to go on the button, and he took down the blinds and antes.

Hand #49- Nicolas Fierro made it 85,000 on the button, and Allan Vrooman called from the big blind. The flop came down    , and Vrooman led right out with 100,000. Fierro folded his hand, and Vrooman took it down.

by Pamela Maldonado

Matt Berkey has three World Series of Poker cashes for the 2013 festival including one final table.

He finished third in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event to collect $199,733. He now sits as one of the six players in the final table of Event No.40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, which began on Saturday.

With 12 WSOP cashes and nearly $600,000 in live tournament WSOP earnings, Berkey has a fighting chance to push his way through to victory for his first WSOP bracelet.

During break, we grabbed Berkey to discuss his success at the 2013 WSOP, his online poker history, and his strategy for the final table.

PokerNews: You already have three cashes and one final table, how would you say your summer is going for you?

I don't want to say better than expected because you always hope for the best but I couldn't have expected two final tables. Overall I am happy, pleased with my game but of course, you think you could always being doing something more. There is always something you can learn to become a better player. But so far I'm happy.

You were equally successful online as you are live. What is the major difference for you and what adjustments have you had to make?

I actually hate online poker. I've been a live player from the beginning and prefer to play live events hands down. As far as adjusting it was complete opposite for me. While everyone had to transition from online to live, I had to make the transition from live to online. This is my home, and this (live) is what I appreciate playing.

Sine you don't like online poker compared to live, are you still hoping for online poker to come back to the United States?

Oh yea. I say I hate it because I don't enjoy playing it not because I think it's bad for the poker economy. It's fantastic and we need it back desperately. I was one of the ones who was fist pumping a little bit when it went away because I wanted the learning curve to slow down. The new kids weren't learning as quickly but it didn't matter because it was just sucking so much money out of the economy that everything else went dry.

Was there any monumental hand that helped you catapult to the final table?

Very early in Day 1, actually. Blinds were like 100/200, it was heads-up and I three-bet    out of the blinds. We both had like 20,000 and he four-bet small and I called. The flop was     and I checked, he bet 3,500 and I shoved. He called with    and I held. He belittled me for the next half hour before he busted. He actually wanted to bet me that I wouldn't run deep and I wanted to bet my life that I would. I wish I had because look where I am today. It was just a fun situation. Obviously he was the favorite but that's tournament poker for you.