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

08-08-2008 16:40 UTC-3

We're Getting There

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As we come to the end of the fourth round of play today, we have lost more than half of our starting players. The clock shows that we have just 40 players left in contention. Being that we're playing eight-handed, another table has been broken, and we are down to our final five groups of players. Once we lose one more table of eight, everyone left will be in the money.

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.

08-08-2008 16:33 UTC-3

Really... No Stealing From Gill

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Carter Gill is at it again. In the last hand, he limped under the gun for 2,400, and the player to his left again raised him, this time to 8,400. The table passed the action back to Gill, and he looked a little bit frustrated. He counted and re-counted his chips before tossing most of them -- another 30,000 -- into the pot for a reraise to 32,400. Very quickly, his opponent folded, and his cards unintentionally flipped face-up: {10-Spades}

.

Gill showed the table his {3-Diamonds}

, and that bold play earned him more than 11,000 chips without having to see a flop.

Tags: Carter Gill

08-08-2008 16:23 UTC-3

Beaten By a Girl

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Vanessa Rousso has kicked things into a noticeably higher gear in the last level or so, and the results are showing up in her chip count. She has been among the more active players in the room, and is using her selective aggression to win a lot of beneficial pots.

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 {K-Diamonds}

. Both players checked.

The turn was the {10-Clubs}

. 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.

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

08-08-2008 16:07 UTC-3

No Stealing From Gill

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With two people limping into the pot, Carter Gill came along for 2,400 from the button. Action was on the small blind, and he put in a raise to 13,800. The big blind and the first two limpers folded relatively quickly, but Carter Gill immediately moved all in, having his lone opponent slightly covered. Just as quickly, the small blind folded, and Gill showed his {A-Diamonds}

as he raked in a mound of free chips. He has climbed back up over the 80,000 mark.

Tags: Carter Gill

08-08-2008 15:50 UTC-3

Pro Bueno

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With the players approaching the money bubble, there are still four PokerStars pros left in the field.

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.

Tags: Alexandre Gomes Greg Raymer Humberto Brenes Vanessa Rousso

08-08-2008 15:40 UTC-3

Play Resumes

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The break is over, and the T25 green chips have been raced off and colored up. The cards are in the air once again.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

08-08-2008 15:24 UTC-3

Break Time

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With just six eight-handed tables left, the players are on a 10-minute break.

08-08-2008 15:01 UTC-3

The Shark Finds a Spade

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Humberto Brenes raised to open things from late position, making it 7,000 to play. Alessandra Santos reraised all in from the small blind for about 23,000, having Humberto covered. With half his chips in the pot already, Brenes made the call, putting himself at risk of elimination, and the hands were shown down:

Brenes: {Q-Hearts}

Santos:

The board came out {Q-Spades}

, 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.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

08-08-2008 14:39 UTC-3

Chutes and Ladders

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For the second time in two days, Mark Kroon has climbed to the top of the ladder and then fallen all the way back down the chute.

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: {7-Clubs}