2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
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

Some Big Action

Jose Miguel Espinar has the button.

He raises the bet, making it 105,000 to play. Alex Brenes calls. The two men watch as the flop reveals {9-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {6-Diamonds}. Brenes checks, and Espinar continues out with a bet of 150,000. Brenes makes the call.

The turn comes the {4-Spades}. This time, Alex Brenes seizes control and leads out with a sizable 400,000-chip bet. After about 15 or 20 seconds, Espinar announces, "All in," having Brenes covered. Immediately, the room falls silent as all in attendance shift their gaze toward the man with the decision, Alex Brenes.

Brenes stands up, shaking his head. He counts his chips several times, riffling a stack of blue T5,000s. He gazes down at the board, contemplating his options. After three or four minutes, he lets his hand go, and Jose Miguel Espinar adds more than 650,000 of Brenes' chips to his own stack.