Quevedo, the bubble boy

The first wave of action at the Sortis Hotel, Spa & Casino is over after Fabian Diaz finished as champion of the second stop of the Jackie’s Poker Tour. The Costarican player outlasted a very caribbean final table and won $40,000 dollars.

After three starting flights only 98 players returned for Day 2 of the main event trying to cash. Things went pretty fast and in less than an hour Tomas Altamirano , Renny Barrett and Arturo Morales were eliminated from the tournament.

Federico Quevedo became the money bubble when his stack could only complete de ante and was eliminated without cashing. On the other hand was Abdial Smith who didn’t arrive for Day 2 but had one blind when the money bubble burst.

The second wave of eliminations included Luis Mendoza (61º – $700), Patrick Putnam (41º – $800), Jimmy Torres  (39º – $900), Dario Wyler (33º – $1,000), Mario López (31º – $1,100) and Jonathan Carrasquero (26º – $1,200).

After dinner break Amer Tobay remained as the chip leader. With an agressive game and good calls he was able to reach the final table which was reached after the eliminations of Jose Annaloro , Rodrigo Quezada ,  Jin Wu (15º – $2,000) and Mario Alarcón (13º – $2,300).

Final Table

Seat 1:  Nathalei Elaraj 1.435.000
Seat 2:  Amer Torbay 1.365.000
Seat 3:  Manuel Guerreiro 375.000
Seat 4:  José Andérez 510.000
Seat 5:  Felipe Espitia 1.130.000
Seat 6:  Jorge Hou 630.000
Seat 7:  Juan Carlos Ford 510.000
Seat 8:  Fabián Díaz 555.000
Seat 9:  Juan Arango 370.000
Seat 10:  Andrei Ardila 490.000

Amer Torbay started the kick-off with 4.6 million chips while Diaz had 2.7 million chips but doubled his stack when he paid with A Q his rival’s shove. A few hands later Diaz again called with A 10 against the A 3 from his rival to win the tournament.