The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

The Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

The Big Event at The Bicycle Casino

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,750
Prize Pool
$1,921,327
Entries
417
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Boom! Pass the Sugar to Hachem!

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Joe Hachem
Joe Hachem

From the hijack seat, Joe Hachem raised to 42,000. David Paredes made the call from the button and everyone else folded. The flop came down {6-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Hachem continued with a bet of 83,000. Paredes made the call.

The {K-Clubs} was added to the board on the turn and Hachem thought for a couple minutes before making a wager of 173,000. Almost immediately Paredes moved all in to put the pressure on the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event champion. Hachem tanked and tanked. He thought for several long minutes before spiking a stack of chips in the middle and announcing the call.

Hachem: {K-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Paredes: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}

Hachem had made the right decision and was ahead, although he couldn't stand to watch the river card and covered up his eyes. The dealer dealt the {3-Hearts} on the river, which paired the board and kept Hachem with the best hand.

"Trust your gut!" he yelled out, referencing a moment yesterday in the tournament where he failed to go with his read. Hachem was all in for 583,000 total on the turn, having 410,000 in chips behind after he bet.

Hachem's now up to 1.46 million in chips while Paredes was knocked down to 790,000.

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