LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal

11-22-2009 17:20 UTC-5

Francis-Nicolas Bouchard Eliminated in 5th Place ($32,660)

donpeters

Francis-Nicolas Bouchard moved all in for 590,000 and was called by Amer Sulaiman in the big blind who woke up with pocket aces. Bouchard held {K-Hearts}

.

The board ran out {K-Clubs}

and Bouchard was sent home in 5th place, earning $32,660.

Tags: Amer Sulaiman Francis-Nicolas Bouchard

11-22-2009 17:14 UTC-5

Scoreboard Update

[user38449]

Amer Sulaiman - 1,760,000
Sol Bergren - 1,340,000
Eric Levesque - 730,000
Francis-Nicolas Bouchard - 595,000
Rogelio Pardo - 570,000

11-22-2009 17:08 UTC-5

Game On

[user38449]

The remaining five players have all returned to the table and the cards are back in the air.

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

11-22-2009 16:48 UTC-5

Break It Up

donpeters

Grab your Kit-Kat bars, we're on a 15-minute break.

11-22-2009 16:44 UTC-5

New Chip Leader: Amer Sulaiman

donpeters

Picking up the action on the turn, Amer Sulaiman fired 145,000 into the pot. The board read {Q-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}

and Bergren mucked. Sulaiman now has the chip lead with 1.78 million to Bergren's 1.6 million.

Tags: Amer Sulaiman Sol Bergren

11-22-2009 16:35 UTC-5

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 Sulaiman Eric Levesque

11-22-2009 16:32 UTC-5

Pardo Calls Clock On Sulaiman

donpeters

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 Sulaiman Francis-Nicolas Bouchard Rogelio Pardo Sol Bergren

11-22-2009 16:21 UTC-5

Four-on-one; Canada v. Costa Rica

[user38449]

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

11-22-2009 16:17 UTC-5

Still Chatting Away

donpeters

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}

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 Sulaiman Eric Levesque