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July 21st 2006
WSOP Update: Mats Rahmn wins Event #27
The $1500 NL Hold’em event drew the first really huge field in the WSOP for a few days. 2126 players paid up to create a prize pool of $2.9 million, one of the biggest of the 2006 World Series so far.
When the dust settled on the first two days the final nine players lined up for the final table as follows:
Seat 1 - James Sileo - $144,000
Seat 2 - Richard Toth - $447,000
Seat 3 - Mats Rahmn - $511,000
Seat 4 - Billy Duarte - $96,000
Seat 5 - Padraig Parkinson - $278,000
Seat 6 - Ashwin Sarin - $591,000
Seat 7 - Chris "MarvinGarden" Birchby - $497,000
Seat 8 - Michael Binger - $325,000
Seat 9 - Jordan "ImSoLucky0" Morgan - $307,000
The star of the table was surely Padraig Parkinson, the affable Irishman whose third place finish in the 1999 World Series of Poker main event made him a well known star across the globe. However he started third from bottom in the chip count and would need to pick up some pots early on in the proceedings to stand a chance of winning.
It was another of the low stacks who doubled up first however, with James Sileo’s K-K holding up against Chris Birchby’s A-9 to give him some momentary breathing space.
Billy Duarte was not so lucky. He got it all in against Chris Birchby but was in horrible shape when the cards were flipped over. Duarte had A-Q but Birchby had A-K and a needless king on the river sealed Duarte’s fate.
To everyone’s surprise the next man out was Ashwin Sarin, chip leader at the start of play. Sarin had lost a number of small pots early on and having seen his chip lead drain away he made a stand with KK, and fell victim to a horrible beat. On a board showing J-8-6 Sarin bet $60,000 and was raised to $120,000 by Richard Toth. Sarin then re-raised all-in and Toth made a very dubious call holding just 8-7 for middle pair. Luckily for him a 7 fell on the turn gifting him a pot he didn’t deserve and spelling the end of Sarin’s tournament.
After the shock of Sarin’s exit things went back to normal, if such a thing exists, with the elimination of shortstacked Jordan “I’m so Lucky” (but not today) Morgan in seventh. He was followed quickly by Michael Binger and James Sileo to leave four players standing.
Mat Rahmn lead the pack with $945,000 but there was not much between them, with Padraig Parkinson pulling up the rear with $620,000. The order swapped around somewhat, with Birchby and Parkinson both taking the lead at various stages, and there were a good few hours of play before the next elimination.
It was Chris Birchby who exited in 4th. He had lost most of his stack when Richard Toth’s Q-Q busted his K-8 after Birchby pushed all-in when an 8 hit on the turn. A little while later he moved all-in with Q-5 and Mats Rahmn made the call with K-7, hitting a king on the flop and sending Birchby to the rail.
With three left Parkinson was considerably shortstacked and he equalled his 1999 main-event finish when he was knocked out in third. Given the size of his stack it was no surprise, but the beat was particularly nasty. With all his chips in the middle Parkinson turned over A-4 and was in great shape for a split pot at the very least when Toth turned over A-3. Unfortunately it wasn’t Padraig’s day, and a 3 on the flop coupled with a needless 3 on the river gave Toth a full house. Padraig took $203,139 for third.
That win gave Toth a 2:1 chip lead at the start of the heads up battle, but over a two hour contest the chip lead chopped and changed, with neither play able to hold onto a substantial chip lead.
That couldn’t go on forever though, and eventually Mats Rahmn made a decisive double up when he flopped two pair with K-6. Toth had K-Q for top pair with a queen kicker and thought it was good enough to call Rahmn’s all-in.
The double through gave Rahmn a $2,215,000 to $955,000 chip lead and he was able to use it to power home to victory. On the winning hand Rahmn picked up K-K and raised $100,000 preflop. Toth called with J-8 and the J-T-9 flop was exactly what he was looking for. After Rahmn bet Toth moved all-in and was called by Rahmn. Toth wasn’t able to catch the jack, eight or seven he needed however, and Rahmn was the champion.
Rahmn received $655,141 while Toth pocketed $331,729 for second.
Submitted: 21/07/2006 11:45:41
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