Hitching a Ride on the Sol Train
Steve Merrifield opened the pot with a raise to 22,000 from under-the-gun which was called by Daniel Mar (cutoff) and Darren Keyes (button). Patrick De Koster folded his small blind and Bergren checked his option in the big.
The flop came {Ks] and all four players checked, sending the action to the turn:
Bergren checked, and Merrifield took a stab at the pot, firing a 35,000 bet. Bergren was the lone caller and the two went heads-up to the river: {4c)
Another check from Bergren and Merrifield bet enough to put Bergren all in (approximately 150,000). Bergren made the call and tabled for the absolute nuts.
"Very nice hand," said Merrifield as he mucked the losing hand, leaving himself with 340,000 in chips.