Poker Shootout

WPS Jaco Beach, Costa Rica

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

NL Texas Hold'em

Oct 24, 2007 at 19:00

Buy-in:	Starting Chips:
$300.00 + $40.00	$3500
Rebuys / Addons:	Starting blinds:
No Rebuys	25 / 50
Entries:	Level Duration:
69 Entrants	30 min
Prize Pool:	Comments:
$20,080 (view payout) Photo Gallery (23)

Level 15 ( 6,000 / 12,000 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 18:54

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Play By Play
18:14	Aaron moved all in with 3c 4c and ty calle with A 9 the flop is 9c 2h 5d, the turn is Jh and the the river is 9h, that gives Ty a pair of nines and he wins the tournament....
18:02	Aaron just went all in after the flop having 3 3 and Ty called having K 9, the flop was Ks 3s Ad the turn was 8h and the river 2d, Ty doubles up.

Level 14 ( 4,000 / 8,000 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 18:32

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17:48	We are down to two players, Ty went all in having 10 9 and Aaron called him with A 6 the flop os Kd Ac 5h, aaron has a pair of Aces, the turn is Ks, and the river is 3d, Aaron just doubled up his chips stack.
17:16	Karman just went all in with Q J and Ty called with K J the flop is 9 7 K, the turn is 5 and the river is 2, Karman just took third place after Ty got a pair of King
16:52	Nadia just got eliminated by going all in and being called by Aaron, Nadia had Q J, and Aaron Q 10, the flop was 6 7 2, the turn was a 9 and the river was an 8, and on the river Aaron gets a straight, this way Nadia gets 4th place.
16:38	aaron raises to 19000 and ty goes all in for 2000, ty has ace queen, aaron has ace four unsuited, the flop is kd 7d 2 diamonds, turn is 3s the river is a 2c, ty doubles up
16:21	Mac moves all in with 8000. Mac shows ace six unsuited, aaron shows king four unuites. flop is 6c 4c qc, the turn is 10 d, river is kd, Mac is eliminated as the fifth place finisher. Aaron wins the pot with two pairs, kings and fours.

Level 13 ( 3,000 / 6,000 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 18:27

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Play By Play
15:55	Matt moves all in for 35000 and ty calls. Matt shows ace/six off suit, ty has ace king unsuited, the flop is td kh 5s the turn is a jd, the river is an 8s, ty wins the pot.
15:51	Ty moves all in for 6000, matt calls and Karman checks. The flop is ah as 7d, both players check, the turn is a jc, players check, the river is a 5s, ty wins the pot with aces and tens.

Level 12 ( 2,000 / 4,000 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 18:26

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Play By Play
15:25	Matt raises to 12000 and Karman reraises up to 23000 all in.Matt folds and carmen picks up the pot.
15:12	so is a brand new day and we are back to the final table, ready for more action in the best way that only Costa Rica can offer... a tourney in the tropical Weather near by the pool

Level 11 ( 1,500 / 3,000 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 02:22

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Play By Play
02:22	now the tournament will be suspended with the top 5 players, and it will be reasumed tomorrow afternoon by the pool...
02:14	Nadia just called an all in hand to Ricky McColley, Ricky had A 3 and Nadia K J, on the river Nadia got the pair of Kings... Ricky got 6th place.

Level 10 ( 1,200 / 2,400 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 02:20

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Play By Play
01:20	Alex Brenes just finished in 7th place after going all in preflop getting a pair of nines on the river against a three of a kind QQQ on the flop called by Mac Chatham
01:08	Brenes just took out Giussepe in an all in hand, when Brenes had K 5 and Guiuepe 7 3, the flop wa 8 10 J, the turn K and river K,with a three of a kind King, Giussepe goe out of the tournament

Level 9 ( 800 / 1,600 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 01:07

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Play By Play
00:51	Aaron Lerner just took out Bruno in an all in hand, whereLerner had K J and Bruno AK, the flop was 10 6 9, the turn J and the river 9, with two pairs Lerner placed Bruno in 9th place.
00:21	Nathan Wiesner is the bubble boy tonight, on the river Nathan went all in on the river having two pairs Qeens and fives, Ty Mullins had Qeens and nines.... Ty get's a pot of about 26000 chips
00:14	Now we have 10 players meaning we got to the final table, it has players from Russia, Canada, Costa Rica, US, France and Italy... who will be the bubble boy?

Level 8 ( 600 / 1,200 )

Oct 25, 2007 at 00:16

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Play By Play
23:58	Nadia just doubled up by having pocket Queens and going all in preflop against another player who had pocket 4's the flop was A 5 8, the Turn 10 and tiver 7 Wade Thomson just doubled up to 22100 chipos by getting a pair of Aces on the flop against pocket 4's, the other player is still in the tourney but he is hurt
23:51	Alex Brenes just knocked out Alezandro Dalbello with a pair of jacks against a high Card Ace
00:16	ow we have 10 players meaning we got to the final table, it has players from Russia, Canada, Costa Rica, US, France and Italy... who will be the bubble boy?
00:06	Alex Brenes just got busted by Nikolay who had an Ace with ten kicker, he did not kicked him out just hurt him

Level 6 ( 300 / 600 )

Oct 24, 2007 at 22:53

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Play By Play
22:49	we are dopwn to two tables (18 players) and we are going to a 10 minute break.
22:48	Mac Chatham just doubled up his stack by going all in at table 10 having Q A and Nikolay called him with A J, the flop was 5 3 5, the turn was 6 and the river Q giving Mac the victory on the hand with a paior of queens.
22:43	Mac Ladbetter just got out of the tournament after he went all in preflop having a pair of 10's and Bruno called him with pair of jacks, the board did not make any difference, and Mac is out of the tourney.

Level 5 ( 200 / 400 )

Oct 24, 2007 at 22:50

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Play By Play
22:30	we just got down to 3 tables with 24 player left.
22:27	Giussepe Russo just doubled up when he went all in after the flop, he had J 3 and the player who called had K 9, the flop had a jack adn nothiong on the turn nor on river
22:23	Massabo just got out by going all in with pocket 9's and the other player called with pocket Kings, nothing came on the board.
22:11	in an awesome hand Bianchi just won a huge pot by going all in with K 9 after the flop and Derek Lerner called him with K 4, the flop was 8 10 J (no wonder he went all in as he already had a straight), the turn was J and the river Q.
22:00	Alex Brenes just doubled up and gets back into the game after getting a pair of Aces o the flop...

Level 4 ( 100 / 200 )

Oct 24, 2007 at 21:16

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Play By Play
21:38	At this point there are only 5 tables left, and Mack Chatham just took out Phil Nagy out of the tourney, Mack went all in having pocket Aces and Phil called with Q 10, the flop was 5 J K, the turn 10 and the river 5, the two pairs Aces and fives won against tens and fives (this happened at table 10)
21:35	We are down to 4 tables
21:28	Nikolay Karman from Russia knocked out Liu Valladares on an all in hand, the table was number 10 and it has been a really particular table as their players are going all in a lot.
21:22	Federico Salas was not able to stay onb the tournament as he went all in with pocket jacks and Bruno Peyyru called him with pocket Kings, the board did not make any difference and Salas is out.
21:16	Alex Brenes just knocked out player Richard Krom, by going all in with pocket Queens and Krom had a Jack and a king.
21:06	we are back from the break and ready for more action

Level 3 ( 100 / 200 )

Oct 24, 2007 at 21:13

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Play By Play
20:56	the level has ended and we are in a 10 minute break
20:55	Phil Nagy recovered himself from a bad run by calling an all in with 10 J, the other player had 9 J, the flop was K J 8, the turn was 9 and the River 8, Nagy wins with two pairs Jack's and Eights a pot of 1400 chips
20:41	Player Bianchi just won a big pot and got back to the tournament by going all in on the preflop, he had Q A, player Nadia called with pokcet Kings, the Flop was 10 8 9, the turn 5 seems that Nadia is going to win the hand but the River is an A... seems that today the river will does "it's thing"
20:34	We started the level with 6 tables and with 48 players still in the tourney.
20:15	After 15 minutes of the Level 2 we are down to 5 tables.. today play is really agressive..

Level 2 ( 50 / 100 )

Oct 24, 2007 at 21:11

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Play By Play
19:58	Player Manolo "Mangoose" just doubled up his stack by going all in with a 10 7 as pocket cards, and getting a pair of sevens on the flop...
19:46	Nicolay Karman just doubled up his chips by going all in preflop with pocket kings, another player called with pocket tens, the board did not make any difference, and the kings holds up winning the hand.
19:43	Funny story, a guy just went all in with pocket aces after the flop, Liu Valladares called him with 8 9, the flop at that time was J 7 6,, the turn was a 10 (giving Valladares a straight) and the river was K, at the time we asked the player who lost the hand he answered: "the idiot that plays pocket Aces"
19:34	Jorge Vilchez just doubled up, by going all in after the flop and got called with pocket 7's, the flop was 6 4 3 A 8, Vilchez wins (but do not take out the other player) with two pairs.

Level 1 ( 25 / 50 )

Oct 24, 2007 at 21:08

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Play By Play
19:20	Stoney just went all in after the river with pocket Aces, Xu Haofeng called him with K Q, the board at that time was J K 10 8 A, as you can see stoney had three of a kind Aces and got beat by a straight...
19:04	four minutes lasted Stuart Greenbaun, he called an all in with Q 10, Peter Martin called with Kc Jc, the flop was Qc 6h adn 10c, Stuart is winning with two pairs, the the turn was 9c thta destroyed Sturat and gave Peter an straight flush, the river was a Jwhih made no difference... Greenbaun goes back to his room.
19:03	The very first hand of the tournament was from Cincinatti kid who got an straight on the turn... we started this tourney with an excellent hand.
19:02	we are back to the Poker Room at the Jazz Casino here in Jaco Beach Costa Rica, ready for one more day full of surprises, fun and poker..... tonights tournament will be suspended by the time we get the top 5 players, and it will be reasumed tomorrow afternoon by the pool...

Prize Structure

Final

Place	Prize	Player
1	$ 5,820 \|	aka
2	$ 3,815 \|	aka
3	$ 2,410 \|	aka
4	$ 2,010 \|	aka
5	$ 1,605 \|	aka
6	$ 1,405 \|	Ricky McColley aka
7	$ 1,205 \|	Alex Brenes. aka
8	$ 1,005 \|	Giussepe Russo aka
9	$ 805 \|	Bruno Peyyru aka