Nine players have already busted since the money bubble burst. Unfortunately the names of those nine players are inside the registration room, a room guarded by heavily armed men who are not allowing anyone in. Hopefully, by the time the field comes back from dinner, we'll be able to update the payouts properly.
One of the last two Team PokerStars Pros remaining was Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck. She was also one of the last two women left in the field. On her final hand, Mayrinck was all in with . Her opponent held two fives. Nothing came on the flop, turn or river to give Mayrinck improvement and she hit the rail. She did manage to make it to the money and will take home R$9,570 for her efforts.
Amos Ben Haim surely thought he had perfectly trapped a short stack into busting himself. Haim waited until the turn to get the chips into the middle, , then turned up for a wheel. His opponent, who was all in for 114,000 on the turn, showed a surprising set of deuces, . The river card was the case deuce, , forcing Ben Haim to pay out a big double-up.
Before the bubble burst, Leandro Csome was abusing the bubble in the best way. He played one pot with a raise pre-flop that was called by the button. Csome continued for 23,500 on a flop of and was raised by the button to 50,000. That player had 150,000 behind.
While Csome was thinking about what to do, there was an all in and call on a different table. Csome then moved all in himself, inducing a quick fold from the button, who showed the . A pumped Csome showed .
Now that the bubble has burst, we expect to see lots of short stacks going for broke -- especially since the first four tables of eliminations, places 64 to 33, all get the same payout. Already in the first five minutes of post-bubble play at least three players have been eliminated.
From the button, Diego Vilela moved all in. Rodrigo Portaleoni called from the small blind. Vilela was the player at risk holding the . He was up against the for Portaleoni.
The cameras flashed while media surrounded the table. Other players in the event closed in as did a few spectators who broke inside the ropes to see the action. The dealer then dealt the flop and the fell to give Portaleoni a set of queens.
The turn card brought the and that left Vilela drawing dead. The applause from everyone in the room began as the final card to the board was dealt -- the -- to seal the deal.
Vilela became the bubble boy of the largest-ever LAPT Main Event. Everyone remaining, all 64 of them, are now guaranteed at least R$9,570.