Poker Shootout

WPS Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

Start Date: October 20, 2007
End Date: October 28, 2007
Location: Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

Event 1 - NL Hold'em NL Texas Hold'em

Oct 20, 2007 at 19:00

Buy-in:	Starting Chips:
$150.00 + $30.00	$3000
Rebuys / Addons:	Starting blinds:
No Rebuys	25 / 50
Entries:	Level Duration:
148 Entrants	30 min
Prize Pool:	Comments:
$21,525 (view payout) Photo Gallery (26)

Level 17 ( 10,000 / 20,000 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 13:32

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Play By Play
05:05	We have a winner Cal Spears getting a full house on the turn KKK66 beats David.... Cal gets a total of $5130 for first place
04:54	Cal and David decides to chop the pot but $1000 that they will continue play to get a winner. each gets right now $4130
04:44	Gaston went all in preflop with K2 and lost getting the 3rd place

Level 15 ( 6,000 / 12,000 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 03:45

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Play By Play
04:22	Jim loses, he had pocket QQ but got beat on the river for a three of a kind 4's
04:10	Gary placed 5th when he went all in preflop and got beat by a pair of aces.
04:07	Alejandro Clare just got out placing in 6th.
03:53	Diego just got out by going all in against David
03:45	7 players still... every single one of the players wants the first place...

Level 14 ( 4,000 / 8,000 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 03:37

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Play By Play
03:29	still 7 players at the final table.... seems noone want to leave...
03:26	at the final table we have players from everywhere Costa Rica, US, Sweden... you name it!
03:20	the "classic match" 10 8 and 2 6, all in both, board: 6 JJ 7 10, believe or not the pair opf 6's won....
03:09	right now the play is just to have fun and enjoy the tourney

Level 13 ( 4,000 / 8,000 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 02:45

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Play By Play
02:48	we are now back from the break
02:46	we are having a two minutes break
02:44	Jorge goes All in and Cal calls, Cal has pocket 9's and jorge Ah7H, the flop was Kc 4h 10h, the turn was Ks and river Qh.. this is the end for Jorgeas he got his pair beaten by two pairs.

Level 12 ( 1,500 / 3,000 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 02:05

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Play By Play
02:05	Vicki went all in with Kh 8h, the other player had Qs 9S, flop was Ad Qh 9d, at this point only a miracle can save Vicki, the turn is 2h and the river 3c... Vicki loses the hand and gets 10th place.

Level 11 ( 1,500 / 3,000 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 01:25

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Play By Play
01:53	Jim goes all in and David called, David has AQ and Jim JJ board was Q4KK8 Jim wins with two pairs a pot of 49000
01:40	ok guys, we are in level 10 and we are in the finaltable....
01:25	Player Jean Pierre just got beat in an horrible way,he had QK and the other player had J 10, the flop was K Q A, at this point Jean has two pairs but the other player already had the stright, the turn was J and the river was a 6...
01:24	the players are taking the play really calm... they all are trying to get first place of the great tournament...

Level 10 ( 1,200 / 2,400 )

Oct 21, 2007 at 00:32

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Play By Play
01:09	Diego de Aguilar took by surprise to Bruce MacGregor, calling hi Bruce's all inn De Aguilar won with two pairs QQ 88
00:37	Bruce MacGregor just took Steven Castro out of the tourney, Bruce had pocket 6's and Castro Js Qc, board was A 7 7 K 2, by having only one pair Castro gets out, and now everybody is in the money (top 18)
00:32	we are back from the break with 20 players left

Place	Name	AKA	Chips
1	Cal Spears		48000
2	Alejandro Clare		45500
3	Jack T		42500

Level 9 ( 800 / 1,600 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 23:55

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Play By Play
00:18	we are in a 5 minutes break
00:08	with only 21 players left in the tourney the play has become a fight for survival... a lot of folds and all ins are happening again to get into the payout structure.
23:56	Jack T had an As and 4s as pocket cards, other player had AQ the flop was Jh, 10 s Qs, the other player bet on his pair of queens and Jack called, the turn was 9s and the river Kd, Jack got a pot of 15000 chips with a flush.
23:55	with 23 players left the tournament is getting better... Jorge Vilchez just got a straight A high in the river...

Level 8 ( 600 / 1,200 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 23:28

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Play By Play
23:33	only 30 players left
23:30	Vicki Cogburn just won about 15000 chips by going all in against 99, the flop was A 10 9, at this point a three of a kind is winning, but the turn was Q and the river 8, three of a kind 9's got beat by a straight A high
23:27	who said that small hands doesn't win? In a fearless play Kevin Frank went all inwith Q3 some other player called him with Q5, the board was: 8 10 3 A 2... a pair 3's won $10000 chips

Level 7 ( 400 / 800 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 22:45

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Play By Play
23:07	the tension is growing by the minute... only 34 players are still in the tournament
23:00	Amazing hand William Jiumez went All In having a 6s and 7 of diamonds, the flop was 10c 9h 2d, the turn was 8h and river Kc, he won about 4500 chips with a straight.
22:53	Juan Carlos Ruiz once again went all in with Kh and Qh, when the other player called the flop was deal: Qc, 5s and Ks, here he got the two pairs against one pair (QQ) turn 6d and river 7d.
22:49	we are back from the break

Place	Name	AKA	Chips
1	Jorge Vilchez		54200
2	Chris Nichols		20700
3	James Gremmo		17100

Level 6 ( 300 / 600 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 22:04

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Play By Play
22:37	we are in a 10 minute break
22:34	a lady just got out of the tournament as she called an All in with two pairs8855 but the other player got the full house in the river:44222
22:28	ok, we just witness an ecellent hand: Guiseppe Russo had 8s and 10s Diego Chan called the big blind and they got theb flop: J 9 7, Russo has a stright already but Chan tried to bluff him and pushs all in... Chan had a pair... and got beat
22:24	the play is really agressive right now, a lot of players are going all in... example: one playter goes all in with Ad and Qs, the other player called with Jh and Kh, board was 8d, Qd, Jd, 6h and /kd....the first player gets the flush in the river
22:06	so we just had an excelent hand, P{hil Nagy went all in with 10 d and 9d ,Chis called with 10s and A s, and Shawn T Ac 10c, the board was 4c, 9c, Kc, 8d and 3d.. Shawn T just kicked out Phil Nagy from the tourney with a Flush

Level 5 ( 200 / 400 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 21:37

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Play By Play
21:59	Juan Carlos Ruiz just wona huge pot having Qd and 8c as pocket cards and having as a board: 10s, As, 5d, Qh, 9h... at the end.. he won with two pairs.
21:54	now the game has turn a little bit slow... we have a lot of folds at all tables... players are in war to get into the payout structure.
21:36	awesome hand folks... Phil Nagy had pocket 3'but folded,because Shawn T went all in with Ks 7c, another player called with KK,board was: 9s, 3s, 4c, 5s, As. Shawn won the hand with a Flush K high.

Level 4 ( 200 / 100 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 21:21

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Play By Play
21:30	Rob Nilsson did it again, he called an All In with Ah4h, the other player had 9s 10c, the community cards were: Qs, 4c, Ac, Jh, Qd... won with two pairs AAQQ.
21:17	we are back from the break and ready for more action

Level 3 ( 100 / 200 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 20:30

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Play By Play
21:07	we are in a ten minute break
21:05	One player went ALL In and showed his cards KJ, Phil Nagy called with A7, flop was QQ4, Turn: 8 and River 7, Phil Nagy won with two Pairs QQ77
20:48	Player Roy Nunez went all in with KQ the other player called with pocket 5's, flop came J 5 5, turn: 3 and River A. Won a four of a Kind
20:38	ok Guys, we have great activity at table #6, in one hand Player Rob Nilsson went All In with pocket Kings, the other player called with pair of Jacks, the flop did not make any difference and the pair of Kings won, in the very next hand player "Jamie" went All Inwith pocket 6's, the other player called with QK, community cards were: Ac, 4s, 8c, 7s and 7h.
20:30	Phil Nagy -Bookmaker's Manager- went All In with Pocket 8's the other player called with Kc and As, the community cards were: 9d, 4s, Qh, 8h and 10h, Phil Nagy won the pot with three of a kind.

Level 2 ( 50 / 100 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 20:05

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Play By Play
20:27	Player "DK" went All In havin Ac and 8s, the other player called with Kh and 8h, the flop was Ks Ah 8s Qh and 4d, Dk won with two pairs
20:05	Rafael Barreto went allin with JJ and Greg Hikman with QQ, community cardscame: 9C As 6d Jh 9h, Rafael Barreto wins a huge pot

Level 1 ( 25 / 50 )

Oct 20, 2007 at 19:38

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Play By Play
19:52	Player Gaston Cetrola went all in with pocket KK against JJ, the flos was K88, Turn was 5 and the river was 6. Cetrola won with a full house KKK88
19:47	we had our first player out: Fernando Fochi went allin with pocket threes and the other player called with pocket 8's.
19:37	The tournament just started with 147 players, we are having fun, poker and sun

Prize Structure

Final

Place	Prize	Player
1	$ 5,385 \|	Cal Spears aka
2	$ 3,875 \|	David Palmstahl aka
3	$ 2,155 \|	Gaston Cetrola aka
4	$ 1,720 \|	jim .. aka
5	$ 1,290 \|	Gary Fredell aka
6	$ 1,075 \|	Alejandro Clare aka
7	$ 860 \|	Diego De Agilar aka
8	$ 755 \|	Jorge Vilchez aka
9	$ 540 \|	juan romero aka
10	$ 430 \|	Vicki . aka
11	$ 430 \|	Jean Pierre aka
12	$ 430 \|	CJ . aka
13	$ 430 \|	Bruce MacGregor aka
14	$ 430 \|	Esteban Rodriguez aka
15	$ 430 \|	Skip . aka
16	$ 430 \|	Giuseppe R. aka
17	$ 430 \|	carl blanco aka
18	$ 430 \|	Patricia L aka