2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 3
He folds, and Lisandro Gallo starts things off with a raise to 100,000. Alex Brenes moves all in and Gallo quickly makes the call. He has right around 400,000 in chips remaining and they all go into the middle.
Gallo:
Brenes:
The flop draws a huge roar from the spectators, as it comes out . Gallo comes storming from behind to take the lead with a pair of fives. The turn is the and the river is the , blanks for Brenes.
Despite getting it in with a dominated hand, Gallo earns a double-up courtesy of Alex Brenes, and he now sits with 840,000 in chips.
He raises the minimum, and Jose Miguel Espinar reraises to 105,000. Lisandro Gallo gets out of the way, and Brenes takes his time before making the call.
The flop comes , and both players check.
Turn: . Same action: check, check.
The river brings the , putting a four-flush on board. Espinar checks, and Brenes makes a bet of 200,000. Fairly quickly, Espinar makes the call. Brenes turns over for eights full of fours on the river. Espinar open-mucks his and he sends more than 300,000 of his chips across the table.
Jose Miguel Espinar - 1,240,000
Lisandro Gallo - 625,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
He opens with a raise to 55,000. Lisandro Gallo ducks out, but Alex Brenes reraises to 250,000. Espinar calls, and we have a big pot brewing already.
The flop is . Both players check.
The turn is the . After just a quick moment, Alex Brenes moves all in for more than 900,000 chips. Espinar folds, and Brenes takes down a good chunk of chips.
He folds in position, Alex Brenes limps, and Jose Miguel Espinar knocks the table.
Flop: . Brenes checks, Espinar bets 35,000, and Brenes check-raises to 100,000. Espinar calls.
The turn comes the and both players check.
The river is the . Brenes checks, and Espinar fires out a healthy bet of 300,000. Brenes thinks for a minute or two before making the call. Espinar tables , rivering trip nines. The table waits for Brenes to respond. He looks back at his cards, scrunches up his face, and open-mucks . Espinar rakes in a nice pot courtesy of Brenes, drawing the two men very close to even in chips.