06-15-2009 17:29 UTC-12

Barry Berger Eliminated in 5th Place ($139,353)

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Barry Berger eliminated in 5th place

Barry Berger opened to 215,000 from the cutoff and Rico Ramirez defended his button by making the call.

The flop fell down {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{6-Diamonds}

and after nearly ninety seconds of thinking he slid out a stack of 25,000-denomination chips to amount a bet of 500,000.

Berger looked back at the 800,000 that he had in front of him and slid the rest in with Ramirez quickly calling.

Berger: {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

{J-Clubs}

Ramirez:

{10-Spades}

{9-Spades}

With Berger making a call for his tournament life, he would have to evade countless outs with Ramirez holding a double-gutshot straight-draw as well as a flush-draw.

The turn would land the {j-Diamonds}

{j-Diamonds}

to give Berger a set, but fill Ramirez's straight, and when the {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

peeled on the river Berger was sent packing in 5th place.

Tags: Barry Berger Rico Ramirez