LAPT Punta del Este Main Event Day 2 | 2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

02-25-2010 11:02 UTC-12

Down to 32

Mickey Doft

The bustouts have been fast and furious. Only four tables left and one to go until the end of Day Two.

02-25-2010 10:55 UTC-12

Martin Fuentes opened in early position, making it 14,000 to play. When the bet came around to Lee Marvin Funk, he announced an all in for 27,500 total. The big blind tanked for a minute or two, but when he folded, Fuentes quickly called the extra few thousand to put his opponent at risk.

Showdown
Fuentes: {J-Hearts}

Funk:

The board would not provide any two-out salvation for the last Canadian standing. The board ran down {3-Hearts}

. Unable to improve his underpair, Funk has been eliminated in 35th place.

Tags: Lee Marvin Funk Martin Fuentes

02-25-2010 10:42 UTC-12

Veronica Vanishes

Mickey Doft

Short stacked, Veronica Dabul was all in for her last 30,000 with {A-Diamonds}

against Humberto Brenes' {A-Spades}

. The board ran out {5-Clubs}

and Dabul's tournament ended in 38th place.

Humberto Brenes' stack is at 120,000.

Tags: Veronica Dabul

02-25-2010 10:33 UTC-12

Bad Times for Johnny Blade

[user66118]

John Bladon has been riding a middling stack for most of the day, and he finally went with {6-Hearts}

in an all-in shove. He was looked up by an opponent with {K-Spades}

, and Bladon liked his chances. "Come on, baby!" he said with a clap of the hands.

The flop was no fun, though. It came {K-Diamonds}

, and Bladon astutely observed, "That's not good." The {8-Spades}

on the turn left him drawing dead to a chop with quads, but the river {2-Spades}

was not the one-outer he was looking four.

That's the end of the day for "Johnny Blade", headed back to his native Canada with $5,210 for his efforts.

Tags: John Bladon

02-25-2010 10:30 UTC-12

I'm Oliver Rowe, and This is My Job

[user66118]

We joined big action in a heads-up pot on a flop showing {A-Spades}

. A betting and raising war broke out that resulted in Oliver Rowe being all in for a very healthy 182,500. His opponent was ahead with {A-Clubs}

, and he had Rowe covered by just about 15,000 chips. Cards on their backs, fellas:

Rowe: {Q-Spades}

Opponent:

"Keep it low, and keep it red!" pleaded the unknown player. But his cries would fall on the dealer's deaf ears. The turn came the {K-Spades}

to end the drama right there, Rowe having made an unbeatable spade flush. When the {7-Spades}

filled out the board, the massive pot was pushed over to Oliver's corner, doubling him up into third place overall with about 370,000.

Rowe is familiar with this position. He finished in 5th place at this event one year ago, and he's well on his way to another shot at the LAPT Punta del Este final table this time around.

Tags: Oliver Rowe