2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata
$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 1a
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Dinner Break Chip Leaders
Charles Sylvestre (PokerStars Online Qualifier) - 50,000
Eduardo Santi - 50,000
Fabiano Batista Lemos - 47,800
How Late are we Playing?
Bluffing the Champ
His opponent smiled broadly and as the pot was pushed his way he turned over...pocket deuces. He stood up from his seat and gave a friend on a rail a hug as Moneymaker mustered a wry smile and a shrug of the shoulders. People still get a big kick out of taking down the champ.
66 Players Remaining
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 75
Moneymaker Pushes Back
One local player limped for 600 from UTG. Moneymaker raised to 2,300 from the button. The player from UTG reached down and grabbed a handful of 1,000 chips and tossed them across the betting line. Moneymaker asked for an exact account. His opponent had limp/re-raised to 6,600 total. Moneymaker went into the tank for a couple of minutes. He counted out 4,000 in chips from his stack and then paused before he pushed all in for his entire stack with over 15,000. A camera crew rushed over to film the action as a group of media and players from adjacent tables circled the table. The local player sat idle for a few minutes before he shook his head. He flashed a before he folded his cards. The dealer pushed the pot towards Moneymaker and he tabled as the peanut gallery unleashed a round of "Oooohs!" and "Ahhhhhs!"
The 9th Hour
Former chipleader Charles Alexandre Sylvestre went from 62,000 to 30,000. I didn't see what happened, but the Canadian is no longer all smiles.
Brazilian model Vanessa Machado increased her stack to almost 13,500. She also knocked back a bottle of Stella Artois while Andre Akkari wandered over to chat her up.
Once Akkari finished his pep talk with Vanessa, he sat down next to fellow Team PokerStars Pro Alexandre Gomes at an empty table. The two Brazilians were worked on by two of the more attractive masseuses in the casino.
Brandon 'ih8pp' Demes (the young American from Tempe, Arizona) moved to Chris Moneymaker's table. His stack topped over 30,000 at one point, but he's since slipped to 9,250. "I made the worst call of my life," he said about how he lost most of his stack.