The board ran out and Bouchard was sent home in 5th place, earning $32,660.
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal
LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
The board ran out and Bouchard was sent home in 5th place, earning $32,660.
Sol Bergren - 1,340,000
Eric Levesque - 730,000
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard - 595,000
Rogelio Pardo - 570,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
The river completed the board with the and Sulaiman fired 300,000 this time. Bergren tanked. After a few minutes, he looked up, pointed his finger towards the middle of the table and said, "I call."
Sulaiman tabled and Bergren mucked. Sulaiman now has the chip lead with 1.78 million to Bergren's 1.6 million.
"Hey, can you do me a favor? If there's other people in the hand, don't talk." said Sulaiman.
Levesque fired back, "I can talk."
Sulaiman retorted (paraphrased), "Just not when there are other people in a hand. If I have a big hand, I might want someone to call or raise."
Pardo has the support of a massive group of railbirds, and every last one of them went crazy after the following hand:
Chip leader Sol Bergren opened with a raise to 75,000 and when the action moved to Pardo, he announced "All in." Action made its way back around the table to Bergren who admitted, "That's not good," before making the pot-committed call (it cost him a little less than 150,000 to get involved).
When the cards were tabled, Pardo was a slight favorite mathematically, but the overwhelming fan favorite:
Pardo:
Bergren:
The flop appeared to be bad news for Pardo and his band of Tican railbirds, as it gave Bergren top pair. The then fell on the turn, leaving Pardo one last chance to spike an ace or a queen to win the pot.
Needless to say, the convention center echoed with a roar after the fell on the river giving Pardo a better two pair to clinch the pot.
After the chips were counted and distributed, we counted Bergren at 1.76 million and Pardo at 540,000.
Not biting, Sulaiman folded, giving Levesque the pot.