06-25-2008 17:58 UTC-7

Fred Berger Eliminated in 5th Place ($106,974)

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Fred Berger - 5th Place

Fred Berger was under the gun and raised to 175,000. Dan Lacourse reraised to 375,000. It was folded back to Berger who went all in for 450,000 total and Lacourse made the call.

Lacourse: {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

{J-Diamonds}

Berger:

{2-Spades}

{2-Clubs}

Flop:

{4-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{8-Spades}

After the flop, Berger had to catch running deuces to win the hand. When the turn hit the {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

, Berger was drawing dead and became our 5th place finisher. He received $106,974 for his strong finish in this event.

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