Level: 16
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2011 LAPT Brazil
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 LAPT Brazil
Buy-in
R$4,600
Entries
536
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Csome Turns the Screws
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Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Short-stacked Eric Mifune was in the big blind for yet another raise to 10,500 from chip leader Leandro Csome. Mifune called, leaving himself 65,000 behind. Both players checked an all-spade flop, 
. Mifune also checked the turn 
, then quickly called 15,500 from Csome. As the dealer was burning and turning the river, tournament officials got on the PA system and announced that each dealer should pause at the completion of the hand. The tournament clock ticked down to 65 remaining.
The river was the 
. Mifune checked again. Instantly Csome bet 100,000. Then he turned around, pointed at the tournament clock, and said "65." Mifune looked pained. "We're hand-for-hand now?" he asked. After about a minute he folded his hand.
Two Eliminations Away
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
66 players remain in the tournament. 64 will be paid. We're truly on the bubble now.
Scaff Slows Down
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Big bubble pots have a tendency to fizzle out by the river, which is exactly what happened in a hand between Santiego Nadal and Andre Scaff. By the turn, 75,000 chips were up for grabs. Nadal checked an ace-high board, 
, then called a bet of 30,000 from Scaff. Both players checked the 
river, with Scaff turning over a lowly pair of treys, 
. Nadal showed 
for aces and collected the pot. He's up to 315,000. Scaff is down to 175,000.
Painful
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We're down to 66 players now after the most painful of eliminations. A short stack at Maria Mayrinck's table got it all in with 
and was called by a player with 
. Two other players said they folded aces. Of course the flop came with an ace, and the player with pocket kings never improved from there.
"That's a five-ace deck for sure," quipped Mayrinck. She is in danger of bubbling the tournament, down to just 30,000 in chips.
Scaff Takes One from Mesquita
Santiego Nadal raised from middle position to 9,500. Otavio Mesquita called from the hijack seat and Andre Scaff called from the big blind. The three players saw the flop come down 
.
Action check to Mesquita on the flop and he bet 13,500. Scaff made the call before Nadal cut his losses and got out of the way.
The 
paired the board on the turn and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Scaff checked and immediately after Mesquita bet 25,000 he made the call.
Mesquita tabled the 
for ace-queen high with the two tens on board. Scaff showed the 
and tens and sixes to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
265,000 | 75,000 |
|
215,000 | -15,000 |
|
70,000 | -95,000 |
A Board Consist of Five Cards
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The level of excitement that some players get after the flop comes out is only matched by the depths of their disappointment by the time the river is peeled off. Take the case of Jose Carlos Rodrigues, who found himself in a three-way all in against two short stacks, one with 32,000 chips and one with 57,000 chips. Those players showed 
and 
, respectively; Rodrigues had live cards with 
. He slammed the table and let out a yelp of joy on a flop of 
, as if he had already won the hand. Of course he hadn't, and that point was proven when the hit the turn. Rodrigues then begged the dealer for one more spade, but the didn't improve his hand.
The player with 57,000 chips doubled up. The shorter stack was eliminated. And Rodrigues was left ruing an unlucky turn card.
Pereira Busts One
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The player in the cutoff moved all in for 63,500 and action folded to Jorge Pereira in the big blind. He squeezed slow and hard before jumping to his feet and making the call.
Pereira:
Cutoff Seat: 
The board ran out 
and Pereira won the pot to eliminate his opponent and move back to 180,000 in chips.
Scaff's Three Kings
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
In case we'd forgotten (it's difficult), Andre Scaff is still in the tournament. He opened a pot for 10,500, then called a shove from a player with only 29,000 left. That player opened 
, a live ace against Scaff's . The flop came 
and elicited Scaff's trademark "Filha do rei" shout. This time, for punctuation, he added, "KING! KING! KING!". Cue up the and and send a short stack packing.
Scaff is up to about 190,000.
Etter Crippled
Level 15
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
David Etter was ecstatic to see a flop of . He barely covered the 101,000-chip all-in bet of his lone opponent and held 
against his opponent's . Of course there were still two more board cards to come, and the on the turn was a bad one for Etter. It improved his hand to queens full of aces but gave his opponent aces full of kings. Down to one out on the river, the table got a momentary thrill as a face card peeled off -- but it was the 
. Once Etter paid off the double-up he was left with just 30,000.