LAPT San José Main Event Day 1 | 2008 PokerStars.net LAPT - San José

11-03-2008 18:45 UTC-5

Deuces Wild for Ramdin

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Victor Ramdin and Joseph Bolnick have tangled a couple times in sizable pots, and we find them going at it again.

On the flop, the board read {K-Hearts}

. Ramdin led out with 3,000 chips and Bolnick made the call.

The turn brought the {6-Clubs}

, and both men checked.

The river was the {2-Clubs}

. Ramdin loads the gun again and fires 6,000 chips. Bolnick goes deep into the tank for several minutes, eyeing up his opponent, who is seated just to his right. Finally, he does put in the call, and Ramdin quickly turns over {2-Spades}

. It's the winner, as Bolnick mucks his hand with a disgusted look on his face. With that, Ramdin has chipped back up to 31,000, just where he was an hour or so ago.

Tags: Victor Ramdin

11-03-2008 18:50 UTC-5

Gill Earns Some Back

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Carter Gill has been sliding in the wrong direction for most of the day. Just before the last break, Gill looked at the clock and asked, "How long do we have? Damn, I don't want to last until the break!"

Down to his last 3,000 chips or so, he moved all in holding {A-?}

, and was up against a single opponent holding {A-?}

.

Gill's kicker managed to hold, and he earned a much-needed double up, sitting now with 7,200 chips in front of him.

Tags: Carter Gill

11-03-2008 19:04 UTC-5

Bing Crosses the Line

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Magnus Bing has been the life of the party at his table today, though some of his fellow table residents aren't finding any humor in his antics.

Earlier on, Bing was all in, and he stood up to announce it to the whole room. "I'm allllll in!" he shouted, drawing looks from everyone in attendance. "All in. This is what I do for a living! I am all in!" He ended up getting no action and sat back down to play cards.

Just moments ago, the floor was called over to Bing's table, and it wasn't the first time. A couple of the players complained that Bing had used the f-word, after having been warned about that earlier in the day. Bing insisted that he directed the profanity at himself, but Tournament Director Mike Ward stood his ground. "Sorry, that's a one-orbit penalty."

"Okay," said Bing. "Orbit which, this table or that table?" As he spoke, he began running laps around the adjacent table, counting off the rounds. "Two orbits," he said. "I just gave two orbits." Ward wasn't laughing though, and forced Bing to step away from the table, as the other players continued to complain.

11-03-2008 19:18 UTC-5

Akkari Cornered

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Facing a raise from the button, Andre Akkari called from the big blind, and he and his raiser saw a heads-up flop, which came {7-Spades}

. Akkari checked, his opponent bet 1,200, and Akkari called.

Fourth street came the {K-Hearts}

. Akkari again checked and watched his opponent check behind.

On the river, the {3-Hearts}

peeled off, and Akkari grabbed the lead. He slowly counted out a bet, putting 2,600 chips into the pot. His opponent sat still for a few moments before opting to raise to 7,000. This put Akkari in the tank, but he finally released his hand. With that little misstep, he is back to 17,000.

Tags: Andre Akkari

11-03-2008 19:26 UTC-5

Is Race a Tell?

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Humberto Brenes opened with a raise, and Gerardo Godinez moved all in for about 8,500. This sent Brenes into the tank, searching for any information he could glean.

"You're a Mexican," he said. "I know you're only going to do that with ace-king. Show me your ace-king!" With that, Brenes slid his calling chips forward. Much to his delight, Godinez did indeed table big slick! Brenes was racing for a knockout with pocket tens.

Brenes lost the hand but was still glowing about his read. He shook his opponent's hand and even paused for a quick photo op with Godinez after the chips were stacked.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

11-03-2008 19:32 UTC-5

Dinner Bell

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The clock has been paused, and the players are on their one-hour dinner break. Stretch your legs, grab a bite to eat yourself, and join us right back here at 7:30pm local time!

11-03-2008 20:35 UTC-5

After-Dinner Poker

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The clock is running once again, and play has resumed with Level 7. We'll play four more levels before calling it quits for the night.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

11-03-2008 20:40 UTC-5

Payouts, by the Numbers

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Full payout information is now listed in the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab.

Twenty-four of the original 219 players will finish in the money tomorrow. The bottom level of cash is worth $9,770, while everyone at the final table will be guaranteed at least $17,024. The top three players will all earn paydays of more than $100,000. And to top it off, the man or woman who manages to outlast all the rest will take home a beautiful glass trophy along with $285,773. Not too shabby, indeed!

11-03-2008 20:59 UTC-5

Going, Going, Gomes

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Four players, including Alexandre Gomes, saw a flop come {4-Hearts}

. The small blind checked, and Gomes bet 1,625 from the big blind. Next to act, an opponent raised to 3,500, which was enough to get two of the players out. Action was back to Gomes, and he made the call.

The turn brought the {4-Clubs}

. Gomes checked, allowing his opponent to bet 4,500, which he called.

Fifth street came the {6-Diamonds}

, putting two pair on board. Gomes grabbed the lead now, carefully counting out and sliding forward 7,000 chips. His opponent went deep into the tank, shuffling chips and muttering a barely-audible, "Counterfeited..." After several minutes, he released his cards, and Gomes took down the pot, chipping up to 34,000 in the process.

Tags: Alexandre Gomes