After losing a race with pocket tens versus Big Slick, Chris Moneymaker was short stacked and down to his last 4,800 in chips. He shoved from early position. The button reraised a huge amount and the blinds quickly folded.
Moneymaker:
Opponent:
The flop was and Moneymaker flopped an open-ended straight draw.
"Queen ball!" shouted Moneymaker as he stood up.
The turn was a blank and the river was a . His opponent rivered a Broadway straight (but was ahead anyway) to win the pot. After a long day 1a, Moneymaker was eliminated.
There's a bit more than eight minutes left in Level ten--we may stop there, or we may keep going a bit to see if we can get down to 27 players. We stand at 31 right now and we'll have a better idea what's going to happen in about...eight minutes.
This is the post we all hoped would never be written. Vanessa moved in before the flop and was called by two players, including Jose Barbero. After the flop Jose and the other player got all the chips in the middle and Jose's made a bigger two pair than his opponent's . Vanessa revealed her and was drawing very, very thin. The on the turn and the on the river meant that Barbero won a big pot and that Vanessa Machado's night came to a much-too-early end.
Breaking news.... what do former Brazilian models do after they bust out of the LAPT Mar del Plata? They head to the bar and return to sweat their other model friends.
Angelita Feijo busted a couple of hours ago, but she's currently sweating her friend Vanessa Machado. She was even kind enough to bring a draft beer over to Vanessa.
I spoke too soon. It appears that Jaime Ateneloff from Uruguay is the first player to pass 80,000. He's sitting on almost 82,000 and currently leads the field. Damian Salas is second in chips with 68,000.
During a long session you miss something once in awhile, and in Jorge Landazuri De Los Rios' case he missed hearing Hernan Villa announce that he was all in before the flop. Jorge also announced he was all in, but he was hoping to get heads up with a player who had raised before Villa. He suddenly found that a big chunk of his stack was at risk and that his was up against Villa's .
The flop gave Jorge some hope of a chop, but the on the turn gave him a flush draw. One that hit as the river brought the and ended Villa's day. "He's running hot," Chris Moneymaker said, as Jorge added a pile of chips to his already substantial stack. He's sitting with around 70,000.
Some say that Damian Salas from Argentina is a dead ringer for actor Jude Law. This picture does not do that rumor justice. So that assertion is debatable.
However, what is not debatable is the fact that Damian Salas is the current chipleader. He became the first player to surpass the 70,000 mark. He's currently sitting at a table with Vanessa Machado and Tamara Yael Szaingurten and is working on the 80,000 plateau.