$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

08-09-2008 16:35 UTC-3

Alexandre Gomes

Lisandro Gallo has the button in Seat 4.

From under the gun, Jose Miguel Espinar opens with a raise to 45,000. Everyone folds to Alexandre Gomes in the big blind, and he makes the call.

Flop: {4-Hearts}

. Both players check.

Turn: {6-Diamonds}

. Alexandre Gomes bets out 70,000. After four or five minutes of pensive glances, Espinar makes the call.

The river is the {7-Hearts}

. Fairly quickly, Gomes leads out again with 130,000. Almost as fast, Espinar folds, and Gomes takes down a nice pot without a showdown.

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

08-09-2008 16:44 UTC-3

Alex Brenes

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Lisandro Gallo has the button in Seat 4.

He opens the pot with a raise to 47,000. Alex Brenes calls from the small blind and the two men head to the flop.

It rolls out {J-Diamonds}

, and both players check.

Turn: {7-Clubs}

. Brenes leads out with a bet of 50,000, and Gallo calls.

River: {2-Hearts}

. Brenes leads out again, this time for 150,000. Quickly, Gallo calls, turning over {A-?}

. It's no good though; Brenes shows down {A-?}

having flopped the full house.

Tags: Alex Brenes

08-09-2008 16:51 UTC-3

Updated Chip Counts

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Jose Miguel Espinar - 1,063,000
Alex Brenes - 880,000
Alexandre Gomes - 815,000
Lisandro Gallo - 620,000

08-09-2008 16:57 UTC-3

Alexandre Gomes Eliminated in 4th Place ($68,100)

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We pick up the action on the flop in a pot between Alex Brenes and Alexandre Gomes.

The board reads {4-Spades}

. The betting action is unclear due to the spectacle it created, but both players end up all in on that flop. Gomes holds {Q-Spades}

for a straight draw, a flush draw, and two overcards. Brenes tables {A-?}

giving him the open-ender and one overcard to the board.

The turn brings the straight for Brenes when the {7-Hearts}

peels off. Gomes will need to catch a spade on the river or any 5 to split the pot.

The river, however, is a useless {9-Diamonds}

, spelling the end for Gomes. He gets a handshake from the remaining players as he heads to the cashier, looking for his $68,100 prize.

Alex Brenes, meanwhile, has taken the chip lead as we go to three-handed play. He sits with just under 1.7 million in chips.

Tags: Alexandre Gomes

08-09-2008 17:14 UTC-3

Jose Miguel Espinar

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Lisandro Gallo has the button in Seat 4.

He folds in position, Alex Brenes limps, and Jose Miguel Espinar knocks the table.

Flop: {Q-Clubs}

. Brenes checks, Espinar bets 35,000, and Brenes check-raises to 100,000. Espinar calls.

The turn comes the {K-Hearts}

and both players check.

The river is the {9-Spades}

. Brenes checks, and Espinar fires out a healthy bet of 300,000. Brenes thinks for a minute or two before making the call. Espinar tables {9-?}

, rivering trip nines. The table waits for Brenes to respond. He looks back at his cards, scrunches up his face, and open-mucks {Q-?}

. Espinar rakes in a nice pot courtesy of Brenes, drawing the two men very close to even in chips.

08-09-2008 17:28 UTC-3

Alex Brenes

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Jose Miguel Espinar has the button in Seat 3.

He opens with a raise to 55,000. Lisandro Gallo ducks out, but Alex Brenes reraises to 250,000. Espinar calls, and we have a big pot brewing already.

The flop is {9-Hearts}