2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal

LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event
Day: 2
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Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10♦7♥
Prize
$172,095
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$628,075
Entries
259
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Bubble Bursts; Normal Play Resumes

[user38449]
[user38449]
It would be an understatement to suggest that the players in this tournament are/were willing to do whatever it takes to make the money, as was exemplified on the table where the money bubble burst.

Super short stacks Gustavo Justiniano and Brad Stebeleski both found themselves all in before the cards were even dealt to them. Justiniano was all in for his ante on the button and Stebeleski all in for his last 1,100 in the small blind.

Action folded all the way around the table to Edgar Mauricio Vindas Cruz, better known as "Machito Lu," who was already in for the full big blind and thus made the call by default.

Once all of the hands finished up across the other active tables, the players' cards were revealed:

Cruz: {K-Diamonds} {5-Spades}
Justiniano: {J-Diamonds} {7-Spades}
Stebeleski: {A-Spades} {4-Spades}

The table was smothered with spectators, all fighting for floor space to watch the dealer fill out the board: {3-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}

Justiniano managed to spike a seven on the turn to make the best hand and claim the main pot, and Cruz took down the side with a pair of fives, leaving Stebeleski the odd man out as the tournament's 41st place finisher.

Normal play has since resumed and the tournament director has added 30 minutes to the clock, meaning we'll be playing another 36 minutes in level 15 until we reach tonight's cutoff point of 32 players.