The staff has informed us that there will be a redraw conducted when we get to four, three, two, and one remaining table, and we will be left with one nine-handed table after that last redraw.
2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2
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The staff has informed us that there will be a redraw conducted when we get to four, three, two, and one remaining table, and we will be left with one nine-handed table after that last redraw.
.Gill showed the table his
, and that bold play earned him more than 11,000 chips without having to see a flop.
In her most recent venture, she opened from the cutoff with a raise to 7,500. Only the big blind came along, and the flop showed up
. Both players checked.The turn was the
. The big blind checked, and Rousso confidently put out a bet of 7,500, a little less than half the pot. Her opponent looked pained, re-checked his cards, and then slid them into the muck.Riding this recent surge of activity, Rousso has vaulted over the century milestone, and she is sitting pretty with 110,000 chips.
as he raked in a mound of free chips. He has climbed back up over the 80,000 mark.
Greg Raymer has been riding the big stack most of the way, and he is sitting at the featured table with 110,000 in chips.
Alexandre Gomes has been battling hard since midway through Day 1, and he is now right around the average stack, working with 70,000.
Vanessa Rousso has been up and down a little bit. She started the day with just 14,000 but has managed to grind that up to 90,000, where she sits at the present moment.
Humberto Brenes has found himself in the most trouble out of the four. He got very short early in Day 1, but battled back to finish with over 53,000 after a late positive run. Today, he again found himself getting short, but has managed to survive a couple of all ins, and now has 62,000 chips in front of him.
Will one of the pros capture the title in their sponsor's tournament? Only time will tell, but these four players are certainly giving it their best shot.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 200
Brenes:
Santos:
The board came out
, and the four-flush on board made Humberto the winner with his spade in hand. He put a bad beat on Santos, and is back in contention with 35,000 in chips.
Early in the day, Kroon doubled up three times to move himself into the Top 10 in chips, but just one hour later, he found himself on the outside looking in. The final blow came when he was short-stacked and moved all in for 6,500 pre-flop. Mario Bonanata called him down from the small blind, putting Kroon at risk of elimination.
Kroon:
Bonanata:
The flop came
, and the
on the turn gave Kroon the nine-high straight. Unfortunately for him, a fourth spade, the
, dropped on fifth street, and Bonanata made the king-high flush. Kroon wished the table luck and loped slowly towards the exit.