Our man in the Amazon Room Simon Young, reports on the latest from the World Series...

Six months ago Angel Guillen played in his first ever live tournament and cashed. He went much better at the PokerStars LAPT Punta del Este tournament by finishing first - and tonight he so nearly capped it all with a coveted WSOP bracelet.

Team PokerStars Mexico Pro Guillen had shot through a 1,088 field in the $2,500 no limit hold'em event, enjoying watching his chips moving north at every level.

"I'm feeling pretty good with lots of confidence," he said before play got under way a little earlier. "I'm hoping to do some good work today."

That was with 20 players left, and do good he did, first securing a final table place, and then getting down to heads-up play at what seemed like a record-breaking pace.

All that stood between him and the bracelet (and the bigger $506,786 prize) was Keven Stammen, but it proved a step too far. Stammen had the dominant chip lead at the start of heads-up, and never looked like giving it up.

The final hand saw Stammen raise to 150,000 and Guillen call. The flop came [9s][8h][2h]. Guillen checked, Stammen bet 225,000, the Mexican re-raised to 775,000, all in, call!

Guillen: [jh][9h]
Stammen: [jc][js]

Guillen had a bucket full of outs, but missed them all as the turn and river came [10s] and [2c].