2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2
123
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♣3♣
Prize
$241,735
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$851,175
Entries
351
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

The Rich Get Richer

[user66118]
[user66118]
Alexandre Gomes has been chipping up by leaps and bounds tonight. He is the big chip leader, and we pick up the action at his table with him involved in another big pot.

Gomes had raised preflop and was called by the player in the big blind. The flop came out {J-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}. Action checked to the raiser, and Gomes obliged with a bet of 17,200. His opponent check-raised all in for about 160,000 and Gomes made an immediate call. He turned over {K-Spades} {J-Hearts} and clapped his hands in jubilation when his opponent tabled {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds}.

The turn and river were blanks -- {2-Hearts} and {4-Spades} -- and Gomes needed two arms to drag all those chips toward him. With that pot, he has increased his chip lead by a big margin, and he now sits with more than 450,000.

Tags: Alexandre Gomes