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PokerStars LAPT Punta del Este – Day 2 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sat, 2010-02-27 01:14
With half the initial starting field eliminated on Day 1, the PokerStars LAPT’s Punta del Este stop saw 145 players return to the green felt on Day 2. The goal for day two had been set for the final 24, and sure enough, it only took the survivors 9 levels and about 10 hours to play down to that number. When the chips were bagged, it was Cesar Mostafa who had the largest stack. The other story of the day was the emergence of Daniela de Lima Zapiello.
The day kicked off at an alert pace, but the flow of eliminations turned into a trickle as the poker tournament progressed. Alex Brenes was one of the victims of early attrition. Maria Mayrinck had managed to survive Day 1, but Day 2 wasn’t going to be her day. She was bounced early too. The team PokerStars pro didn’t spend much time on the rail alone through. Teammate Leo Fernandez followed her to the sidelines soon.
The money bubble represented a landmark for the day, and no fewer than 3
PokerStars pros managed to successfully navigate around it. Veronica Dabul was one of these pros, but her day was cut short soon after the bubble. She finished 38th, picking up $5,210 for her efforts.
Humberto Brenes once again provided proof of his greatness. He started the day on a short-stack, but instead of slowly bleeding to death, he fought his way back up and eventually finished 7th overall for the day.
The big hand that gave him the decisive thrust was a 6,6 vs 10,10 match-up in which he managed to hit a set on the flop and quad 6s on the river to blow his opponent’s hand to smithereens and to pull down the huge pot.
Daniela de Lima Zapiello had an excellent day as well. Plowing through tablefuls of opponents she kept adding to her stack, until at one point she took over the chip lead. She was the first player in the
poker tournament to cross the 500k chip mark. She was also responsible for the elimination of bubble boy Pedro Komaromi, a deed for which the other survivors were probably particularly thankful.
Zapiello did have a few slip-ups later in the day, but she still managed to finish 2nd overall.
