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Life continues to be rewarding for Leandro Csome. After opening a pot with a raise from middle position, he called a short stack's all in. Csome had the best of it with 
against 
. Csome flopped 
to take a hammer lock on the hand. It was all over by the 
turn.
Csome now has more than 300,000 in chips. At this pace he'll be tough to catch.
We approached Team PokerStar Pro (Costa Rica) Humberto Brenes' table and spotted him involved in a pot with David Etter. Etter was out of position and either bet or check-raised Humberto for 5,600 on a flop of 
. Humberto called, then checked behind after Etter checked the 
turn. With approximately 35,000 in the pot, Etter made a suspiciously small bet of 11,000 on the 
river. Brenes looked him up.
"Good call," said Etter. He showed 
.
"You bluff Humberto! No good," said Brenes as he opened 
. "Nice try!"
At that moment, Etter was broken away from the table. He shook hands with Brenes before leaving.
The very next hand Brenes raised pre-flop and then was three-bet by the big blind. Brenes called and faced a bet of 17,000 on a ten-high flop, 
. He called again. Both players checked the 
turn and 
river. The big blind showed down an unimproved 
.
"Everyone try to bluff me," said Brenes with mock incredulity. He opened 
to collect the pot. "No bluff Humberto!"
Brenes now has about 110,000 in chips.
After a player raised to 4,200 from under the gun, PokerStars qualifier Lance Climo from New Zealand called from the button. The two players took the flop of 
and both quickly checked.
The turn brought the 
adding another pair and bringing in a second flush draw. Both players checked again to see the 
complete the board on the river. The under-the-gun player fired a bet of 7,700 and Climo made the call, quickly and verbally.
Climo's for a club flush beat his opponent's 
and he won the pot to get his stack back up to 71,000 in chips.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
We added a word to our two-word Portuguese vocabulary when Bruno De Oliveira Severino moved all in for 10,200 from early position. A player behind him then over-shoved for 16,700 and was called by a third player. Severino had the worst of it with 
. He was up against and 
, respectively. The big stack's pair of nines held on a flop of 
, but Severino turned the to make top pair, good for a triple up after the 
river. The other all-in player lost the side pot.
"Eliminação!" shouted the dealer, holding up that player's seat card.
Here's a few of the stacks from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
6,600
|
6,600 |
|
208,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
200,000
7,400
|
7,400 |
|
|
160,000
73,500
|
73,500 |
|
112,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
|
111,000
65,800
|
65,800 |
|
|
||
|
92,000
10,600
|
10,600 |
|
|
||
|
71,000
-16,400
|
-16,400 |
|
|
||
|
52,600
-23,100
|
-23,100 |
|
||
|
44,400
7,600
|
7,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Here are some of the players in action on Day 2.
Leandro Csome has some competition at the top in the form of Santiego Nadal.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
174,900
|
174,900 |
|
|
320,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
246,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
|
220,000
48,400
|
48,400 |
|
|
52,000
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
10,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Lance Climo has seen all of his chips vanish after he got the money in on the turn with the board reading 
holding the . His opponent had the .
The river completed the board with the and ended the hand to send Climo out the door.
Carlos Mironiuk is a talkative player at the table. Unfortunately we can't understand a word he's saying (that whole language barrier problem). He was recently involved in a pot that he opened pre-flop. A short stack then three-bet all in and was called by a player behind. When action passed to Mironiuk he moved all in as well, or about 170,000.
Mironiuk's huge bet put the third player to a tough spot. Chatter commenced and lasted a few minutes. Finally, the third player folded and seemed not to be able to believe that Mironiuk had 
. The short stack had for a flip. This round went to Mironiuk, 
. He's up to about 220,000.
