  We have realized Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of 87Rb in the F=2, m_F=2
hyperfine substate in a hybrid trap, consisting of a quadrupole magnetic field
and a single optical dipole beam. The symmetry axis of the quadrupole magnetic
trap coincides with the optical beam axis, which gives stronger axial
confinement than previous hybrid traps. After loading 2x10^6 atoms at 14 muK
from a quadrupole magnetic trap into the hybrid trap, we perform efficient
forced evaporation and reach the onset of BEC at a temperature of 0.5 muK and
with 4x10^5 atoms. We also obtain thermal clouds of 1x10^6 atoms below 1 muK in
a pure single beam optical dipole trap, by ramping down the magnetic field
gradient after evaporative cooling in the hybrid trap.
