donpeters
The first two hands after the break have gone as follows.
Hand #1:
Amer Sulaiman raised to 180,000 preflop and Sol Bergren called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of to see the come on the turn. Bergren led for 200,000 and won the pot.
Hand #2:
On the next hand, Bergren limped the button and Sulaiman raised to 220,000. Bergren then moved all in and Sulaiman folded.
donpeters
Amer Sulaiman fired a bet of 320,000 on the river of a board reading . Sol Bergren made the call and Sulaiman tabled for the wheel. He then requested to see Bergren's hand and Bergren's was turned over.
donpeters
Well, we're kidding. There's not much going on as far as action is concerned. The players are limping into every pot and checking down to the river each time. Once in a while, someone will toss a bet in and take down the pot, but other than that, this has been no-action poker.
[user38449]
In a limped pot, the flop , Amer Sulaiman passed the first option to Sol Bergren who fired a 90,000 bet. Sulaiman called and the turn brought the .
Sulaiman then led out with a 220,000 bet -- about 1/3 of Bergren's remaining stack.
"Ok, push it one time. Go!" Sulaiman prodded.
Despite the invite, Bergren folded leaving himself with approximately 630,000 in chips. Sulaiman stacked up a tournament-high 4,550,000 in chips after the hand.
donpeters
A congratulatory handshake from runner-up to champion
Sol Bergren limped in from the button and Amer Sulaiman checked his option. The flop came down . Sulaiman checked over to the shorter-stacked Bergren who bet 90,000. Sulaiman raised to 400,000 and then Bergren moved all in for just under 600,000. He was met by a call from Sulaiman and the hands were revealed:
Bergren:
Sulaiman:
The turn brought the , leaving Bergren with only eight outs to make a straight. The river was the and that was all she wrote. Failing to complete his straight, Sol Bergren was eliminated in second place, earning $100,492 for his runner-up finish.