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LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal
LAPT Playa Conchal Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Playa Conchal
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$628,075
Total Entries
259
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 259
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It took just under eight hours of play to shrink the field from 119 players down to 41 (the money bubble), at which point the action slowed to a crawl. Several players were, for lack of a better word, desperate to cash in the event, so much so that they allowed themselves to whittle away until they were left with a single blind or ante.
The infamous ‘Bubble Boy’ tag went to Brad Stebeleski who was forced all in from the small blind for his last 1,100 chips and found himself up against two opponents – Gustavo Justiniano (who was also all-in for his last 200 chips) and Edgar Cruz who made the call by default simply by posting his big blind. Justiniano managed to claim the main pot with a mere pair of sevens and Cruz took down the sidepot with a pair of fives, sending Stebeleski to the rail in 41st place, moneyless.
Despite the large contingent of Team PokerStars Pros who made it through to Day 2, only two of them will advance to Day 3. Alex Gomes and Maria ‘Maridu’ Mayrinck, both from Team PokerStars Pro Brazil, finished the day with 87,100 and 97,900 in chips respectively.
Of note, Mayrinck is also the only female remaining in the field.
Your overnight chip leader is Eric Levesque, who eliminated Icelandic player Garoar Hauksson on the final hand of the night to move to 420,500 in chips.
Official chip counts and a list of the players who finished in the money will be posted as soon as the tournament staff makes them available to us.
Action resumes tomorrow afternoon at midday when the remaining 30 players play down to an eight-handed final table.
Until then, from the Paradisus Playa Conchal Resort and Casino in Guanacaste, Costa Rica – good night and good luck!
Levesque held
against Hauksson's red pocket jacks.The board ran out
, nailing Levesque on the river and sending Hauksson to the rail.
Not far behind are Carlos Giron (330,000), Rogelio Pardo (326,000) and Fred Dykes (322,000).
"Here we go New Hampshire!" yelled Graham, pointing to one of our reporters. "Flop me a straight! No, wait, flop me ace-queen-queen! No wait! Flop ace-ace-ace, baby!"
The dealer burned and dealt the flop:
"Ace! Queen! Baby!" exclaimed Graham.
The dealer then put the
on the turn and the chanting began."Chugga-chugga! Chugga-chugga! Chugga-chugga!" yelled Graham, pumping his fist each time.
The river then landed the
and Graham let out one more big 'Yeah baby!" before sitting down and collecting his chips. He's back up to 100,000.
Levesque tabled two kings and Williams held two tens.
The board ran out
and that was the end of the road for Williams.
Super short stacks Gustavo Justiniano and Brad Stebeleski both found themselves all in before the cards were even dealt to them. Justiniano was all in for his ante on the button and Stebeleski all in for his last 1,100 in the small blind.
Action folded all the way around the table to Edgar Mauricio Vindas Cruz, better known as "Machito Lu," who was already in for the full big blind and thus made the call by default.
Once all of the hands finished up across the other active tables, the players' cards were revealed:
Cruz:
Justiniano:
Stebeleski:
The table was smothered with spectators, all fighting for floor space to watch the dealer fill out the board:
Justiniano managed to spike a seven on the turn to make the best hand and claim the main pot, and Cruz took down the side with a pair of fives, leaving Stebeleski the odd man out as the tournament's 41st place finisher.
Normal play has since resumed and the tournament director has added 30 minutes to the clock, meaning we'll be playing another 36 minutes in level 15 until we reach tonight's cutoff point of 32 players.
. The first player checked and the second player bet. The first player mucked his hand.The player that had bet the flop turned over
and the at-risk Parker revealed 
.The turn was the
and the river the . Parker was able to stave elimination and earn the triple up on the bubble.
In one particular hand, action folded around the table to Hicks on the button and, holding
, he opened with a raise to 9,200.The player in the big blind (BB) made the call and the flop came down
. The BB player led into Hicks with a 13,000 bet, but Hicks hung around to see the turn -- . On 4th Street, the BB player fired again, this time making it 26,000 to play. Hicks called again, opting to take the hand to the river.
Another nine on the end (
) prompted both players to knuckle the felt and move straight to the showdown.The BB player declared he had a pair of fives, tabling
, but Hicks' pair of queens had them beat and he raked the pot, moving to 162,000 in chips.
