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In a battle of the blinds, Helio Chreem opened with a raise to 45,000. Next door, big blind Cesar Mostafa moved all in for 262,000 total, and Chreem instantly called to put him at risk.
Showdown
Chreem:
Mostafa:
The flop gave Mostafa a bit of hope as it rolled out . He picked up the tens as out cards to his gutshot straight, but two of them were already in his opponent's hand. The turn bricked off with the airball , but the river was much less of a brick.
The surprise struck the board like a bolt of lightning, and Mostafa shot out of his seat and into the arms of his supporters on the rail. "Vamos! Vamos!" echoed through the tournament room, and all Chreem could do was shake his head. He's been knocked all the way back to just 75,000, while Mostafa climbs to 540,000.
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Humberto Brenes - 16th Place
Humberto Brenes has been sitting on his short stack since the last double up, and he finally made his move with . He was called in three places, and the live players checked it down through a board of . That left Brenes with just king-high at the end, and Ernesto Panno's was the only hand to pair up.
His lowly deuces deliver the final blow to Brenes, out in 16th place. He'll receive a pay bump up to $8,350 for his work this week, but he'll have to keep on waiting for that elusive first LAPT title.
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In the cutoff seat, Cesar Mostafa made an opening raise to 29,000. Daniela de Lima Zapiello put in the call from the button, and the two of them went off to the flop.
It brought , and Mostafa continued out with another 38,000 chips. Zapiello made a minimum raise to 76,000, and Mostafa quickly called. The paired the board on fourth street, and both players checked to the river. Seizing control once again, Mostafa fired out a closing bet of 125,000. After some debate, Zapiello made the call.
It was quite a fine call. Mostafa immediately mucked his cards, and Zapiello slammed over , her ace-high good enough to drag that very sizable pot.
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It's going to be a long climb back from 14,000 for Humberto Brenes, but he's at least taken the first step.
Brenes got it in preflop with against . His queen-high played on a board of , and he's back to about 40,000, but The Shark is still very much an endangered species right now.
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The longest ten minutes in the history of mankind have passed, and the players are back in their chairs. We've got about 20 minutes left in the current level.
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With 16 players left, we're down to the final two tables. The field has been redrawn, and the players have been rewarded for their survival thus far with a quick ten-minute break.
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Humberto Brenes and Marco Caceido began the hand virtually even in chips, and the two of them got it all in after a preflop raising war. Brenes showed up , and he was in not-so-good shape against Caceido's .
The board blanked off for The Shark: . Caceido takes that pot with his kings, and when the chips were counted down, Brenes was left with just a puny 15,000 in chump change.
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Diego Maggiolo - 17th Place
Amidst the flurry of action of the last few minutes, a very quiet elimination happened on the main table. We have no more details other than to tell you that the shortest stack left, Diego Maggiolo was knocked off in 17th place.
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. He picked up the tens as out cards to his gutshot straight, but two of them were already in his opponent's hand. The turn bricked off with the airball 
, but the river was much less of a brick.
struck the board like a bolt of lightning, and Mostafa shot out of his seat and into the arms of his supporters on the rail. "Vamos! Vamos!" echoed through the tournament room, and all Chreem could do was shake his head. He's been knocked all the way back to just 75,000, while Mostafa climbs to 540,000.
. That left Brenes with just king-high at the end, and Ernesto Panno's 
was the only hand to pair up.
, and Mostafa continued out with another 38,000 chips. Zapiello made a minimum raise to 76,000, and Mostafa quickly called. The 
paired the board on fourth street, and both players checked to the 
river. Seizing control once again, Mostafa fired out a closing bet of 125,000. After some debate, Zapiello made the call.
, and he was in not-so-good shape against Caceido's 
