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July 21st 2006
WSOP Update: Mats Rahmn wins $655,141 in Event #27
The $1500 NL Hold’em event had one of the biggest fields of the 2006 WSOP. After a few events with almost worryingly low turnouts (only 350+!) it was reassuring to see over 2000 players pile into the Rio for the start of Event #27.
Two days later and there were just nine players left ready to battle it out for a prize pool of over $2.8 million dollars. They were:
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 best known player at the table had to be Padraig Parkinson, the charismatic Irishman whose third place finish in the 1999 WSOP made him a much loved poker star. Padraig would need to get moving quickly however, as six of the nine players at the table started with more chips than him.
Although Padraig started well, it was another of the low stacks who doubled up first. James Sileo’s K-K held up against Chris Birchby’s A-9, giving him some temporary breathing space.
Billy Duarte was not as lucky. He got all his chips in with AQ against Chris Birchby who flipped over AK. Out in ninth.
No-one would have predicted at the start of play that Ashwin Sarin would be the second man out. He started the day as chip leader with a considerable stack, but he lost a few medium sized pots early on and saw his chip lead drain away till he was in the pack with the rest of them. Then he found a big one: K-K. To his delight when he moved all-in Richard Toth made a dubious call with 8-7 middle pair on the flop. Delight soon turned to horror and despair however for the turn card was a 7, giving Toth two-pair. Sarin didn’t improve on the river and his tournament was over.
After Sarin the next out was a genuine shortstack. Jordan “I’m so Lucky” (but not today) Morgan was knocked out in seventh, and he was quickly followed by Michael Binger and James Sileo. That left four players standing.
Of those four Mat Rahmn lead the pack with $945,000. However there was not much to separate them, with Padraig Parkinson pulling up the rear with a substantial $620,000.
Chris Birchby exited in 4th. He had already lost most of his chips when Richard Toth’s Q-Q busted his K-8. He then moved all-in with Q-5 and Mats Rahmn made the call with K-7, hitting a king on the flop.
With three left Parkinson was the shortstack and he was unable to better his 1999 main-event finish. This time Padraig took $203,139 for third.
With just two left Toth, who had knocked out Padraig, had a 2:1 chip lead.
It didn’t last long however, and from early ion the heads-up battle the chip lead chopped and changed with no-one establishing a decisive lead for over two hours.
Eventually however a turning point arrived. With K-6 Rahmn hit two pair on the flop while with K-Q Toth hit top pair with a queen kicker. The chips went in and Rahmn had a $2,215,000 to $955,000 chip lead.
He didn’t look back. On the winning hand Rahmn, with K-K and raised to $100,000 preflop and Toth called with J-8. The J-T-9 flop was exactly what Toth was looking for and after Rahmn bet, Toth moved all-in and was called. Toth needed a jack, eight or seven but none came. Rahmn was the champion.
Rahmn received $655,141 while Toth pocketed $331,729 for second.
Submitted: 21/07/2006 16:15:27
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