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Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$851,175
Total Entries
351
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 351
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A player in early position came in with a raise to 900, and action passed to Andy Altmeyer. He tossed in a reraise, making it 2,500 to go. Everyone folded, and the decision was back on the raiser. He thought for a few minutes before sliding the rest of his chips forward; it was another 4,975 to Altmeyer. He looked disappointed, but made the call, turning over
. His opponent tabled 
, and they were flipping coins for a big pot.The board ran out
, and the pocket nines held up. After losing that pot, Altmeyer was left with just 250 chips, and he was eliminated on the very next hand.
The cards were turned over, and Chino was in good shape with his
against Palsson's 
. The board frowned on Rheem though. A on the turn paired Palsson, and he eliminated the Main Event finalist from the field.After dragging in that small pot, Palsson finds himself sitting on 16,000 chips.
As he was about to act, one of his friends came over to the table and Max asked, "Did you bust?... I'm about to." Just after saying that, he moved all in for a total of 5,600. The original reraiser folded, but Mercier quickly called. With the betting action complete, and a pot of more than 12,000 chips up for grabs, the hands were turned over:
Mercier:
Max:
The player who folded said that he had mucked
, stealing some outs from the other ace-king. It was irrelevant though, as the board ran out 
, making Max the winning two pair. He pulled in the pot, and knocked Mercier down a peg, back to 11,000.
and there is about 7,000 in the middle of the table already.Fourth street brings the
. Brown is first to act in early position, and he checks. His lone opponent moves all in, and Brown quickly calls, having his man covered. Brown turns over 
, having flopped a flush, and the 
on the river is no help to his opponent.Brown claims a victim, and has now moved up the board to about 19,000 in chips.
. His opponent turned over and the race was on.The board came out
, and Gill's two queens held up, as he eliminates a player from the field.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Gomes:
Opponent:
The flop rolled out
. The on the turn gave both men two pair, but Gomes' ace kicker was still in the lead. The river, however, came the 
, and Gomes lost his edge on the last card. The pot was pushed to his opponent, who survived his all in, and Gomes is back down around 21,000.
