We've been scouring the field for the first two winners of this event, Jose Miguel Espinar (Season 1) and Karl Hevroy (Season 2). It appears that neither of them have made the trip back to Uruguay this time around, so we'll be crowining a new winner come Saturday.
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
LAPT Punta del Este Main Event
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We've been scouring the field for the first two winners of this event, Jose Miguel Espinar (Season 1) and Karl Hevroy (Season 2). It appears that neither of them have made the trip back to Uruguay this time around, so we'll be crowining a new winner come Saturday.
Apparently, he got it all in with
against
on a board of
. Gomes couldn't get the miracle suckout and was sent to the rail.
. He was finally called by his heads-up opponent, and the cards were on their backs.The caller showed up
for top pair, and Perez was looking to get there with
. The turn wasn't a flush card, but the
added a few more outs for the at-risk Perez. The river was a blank though, the
, and that's the end of his day.Juan Jose Perez made the final table of LAPT Punta del Este in Season 1, but there will be no repeat performance here this week.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0


. Two players checked to Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck and she bet 1,500. Just two others came along to see the
turn card. They all opted to check, landing the
on the river.The first opponent to act bet 1,500 and Maridu popped it to 4,200. The second opponent folded, putting the action back on the first opponent. Loudly, he announced call.
Maridu tabled

for a straight and after a few seconds and looking over the table at Maridu's cards, her opponent slammed over his hand - 
for a full house. Maridu, a bit confused by the slowroll, laughed it off.She's down to about 16,000.
Showdown
Seiji:

Lyond:

Chuckles all around. The board wouldn't provide any freeroll nonsense as it came out
. Both men will chop the chump change in the middle of the table, and it's on to the next shuffle.
The two men watched the flop come down
. Brunner continued out with a bet of 800, which his opponent check-called.The turn was the
, and it drew another check from Mr. Big Blind. When Brunner fired another 1,600, though, he snuck in a check-raise to 5,000 straight. Brunner's cards quickly hit the muck, dropping him back to about 22,000.
Registration has closed following the break, so nobody else will be allowed to join the party from here on out. We're just waiting for the staff to finalize the entries before we have the official total, but 311 is going to be awfully close.
It should be noted that the field size is down a bit from the previous two seasons. The staff seems content with the turnout, though, blaming the slight dropoff on the Americans. It's not all our fault, though. PokerStars themselves may have stolen a couple dozen entries by scheduling the NAPT Venetian against this event. Nobody's complaining, though, and the 300+ runners will still generate a handsome prize pool.
We'll get you the full official numbers as soon as they're in.