2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal

LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$172,095
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$628,075
Entries
259
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

New Chip Leader: Amer Sulaiman

Picking up the action on the turn, Amer Sulaiman fired 145,000 into the pot. The board read {Q-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {8-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} and Sol Bergren made the call.

The river completed the board with the {2-Clubs} 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 {J-Clubs} {2-Hearts} and Bergren mucked. Sulaiman now has the chip lead with 1.78 million to Bergren's 1.6 million.

Tags: Amer SulaimanSol Bergren

Cut the Table Talk

Amer Sulaiman stares down final table nemesis Eric Levesque
Amer Sulaiman stares down final table nemesis Eric Levesque
Amer Sulaiman just spoke out against Eric Levesque's continuous table talk. Levesque has been talking nonstop since the beginning of the tournament, often times when players are involved in a hand, whether or not he's involved himself.

"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."

Tags: Amer SulaimanEric Levesque

Pardo Calls Clock On Sulaiman

Amer Sulaiman opened from the button with a raise to 142,000. Sol Bergren was in the small blind and reraised to 310,000. Francis-Nicolas Bouchard folded from the big blind and then Sulaiman went into the tank for some time. Eventually, Rogelio Pardo called the clock on Sulaiman and he folded shortly after, giving Bergren the pot.

Tags: Amer SulaimanFrancis-Nicolas BouchardRogelio PardoSol Bergren

Four-on-one; Canada v. Costa Rica

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}{Q-Clubs}
Bergren: {4-Hearts}{3-Spades}

The {2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} 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 PardoSol Bergren

Still Chatting Away

Eric Levesque raised to 110,000 from the button and Amer Sulaiman called from the small blind. The two saw the flop come {9-Hearts} {4-Spades} {3-Diamonds} and Sulaiman checked. Levesque then fired 200,000 saying, "Your fish is hooked. If you slowroll me, your fish is hooked bad."

Not biting, Sulaiman folded, giving Levesque the pot.

Tags: Amer SulaimanEric Levesque