Four-on-one; Canada v. Costa Rica

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Four of the remaining five players in the tournament are all Canadian, leaving Rogelio Pardo the lone hope for the rest of the world, not to mention his home country of Costa Rica.

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: {A-Clubs}

Bergren:

The

flop appeared to be bad news for Pardo and his band of Tican railbirds, as it gave Bergren top pair. The {9-Spades}

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 {Q-Diamonds}

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.

Tags: Rogelio Pardo Sol Bergren