Moneymaker Chipping Up
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2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata
$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,411,350
Entries
291
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
Having a Lie-Down
This seems to work so long as you're unfortunate to have just a handful of chips, but win a few pots and you'd have a big sloppy pile sitting in front of you. Perhaps layering your chips like a can of Pringles turned sideways is an Argentinian affectation, or maybe I'm just ignorant of a rising trend. If I could remember my high school geometry I could start spouting about the volume a cylinder holds and how stacking is a far more efficient use of space. But I don't, so I won't.
Fabian Ortiz Elimianted
Maridu Eliminated
and four players called. The flop was 
. One player bet out, three others called, and Maridu shoved. Everyone folded except one player who held a set of treys. The case trey spiked on the turn and Maridu was drawing dead.We're starting to think that black-painted fingernails attracts bad mojo. Both Maridu and Geraldine Neumann painted their fingernails with black nail polish. And now, both are out of the LAPT Mar del Plata. Coincidence?
No Mas Caliente
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Adios, Boris!
. The big blind called with 
. Becker's opponent flopped a ten and took the lead. Becker's hand did not improve and he quietly hit the rail.Becker's wife is still in the event. She took a seat next to Chris Moneymaker.
Becker On Life Support
As his stack slipped under 1,000, Becker took off his suit jacket and flung it over his chair. That was his way of telling his tablemates that he's digging in deep and attempting to mount a comeback.
114 Players Remaining
Introducing... Geraldine Neumann
That question was posed to me no less than a dozen times in the first level. I shrugged my shoulders as several members of the international press hovered around her table and snapped photos.
Luckily, PokerNews reporter Joanna got the scoop on the blonde. Her name is Geraldine Neumann from Argentina and she a model. She's also the sister of a famous model/actress named Nicole Neumann.