2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

LAPT Punta del Este Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

Final Results
Winner
Jose Ignacio Barbero
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$279,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Entries
307
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

PokerNews Exclusive Video: Veronica Dabul on Day 1

We caught up with Argentinian Team PokerStars Pro Veronica Dabul yesterday. She wasn't a happy lady after an apparent dealer/player error but she's still in the game, returning today with just 100 short of starting stack and seeing a nice double up to start Day 2:

Tags: Veronica Dabul

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

Cardyn Climbing

The player under the gun raised to 3,200 and Nicolas Cardyn popped it to 11,200 on the button. A four bet to 23,000 from the under the gun player came next and Cardyn called, delivering a {3-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop.

Cardyn's opponent bet 17,000 and Nicolas quickly went all in for about 40,000 more. After a good amount of time in the tank his opponent gave it up, asking Cardyn to please show him pocket aces.

Cardyn showed one card, the {9-Spades}. He is up to 120,000 after that hand.

Tags: Nicolas Cardyn

Two Times the Funk

Horacio Courdin opened the pot with a middle-position raise, and Robert Cezarescu three-bet from the button. In the small blind, Lee Marvin Funk moved all in for just about 16,000 total. Courdin quickly folded, and Cezarescu quickly called the small remainder to put Funk at risk.

Showdown
Cezarescu: {K-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}
Funk: {10-Spades} {10-Clubs}

The flop was sweet and relatively clean for the at-risk player, coming out {8-Spades} {9-Spades} {7-Clubs}. The {K-Hearts} on the turn, though, was not so safe at all. Funk let out a quick, "Ugh!" at the sight of his opponent's two pair; he now needed to catch up to stay alive.

River: {J-Clubs}. "Yes!" said Funk, sitting back down with a big sigh of relief. First ahead, then behind, he managed to catch back up to make his saving straight on the river. "Well, it looks like I'm going to be around a little longer than I had planned today," he announced in his Irish brogue.

Funk is up to about 37,000 after that win.

Tags: Lee Marvin Funk

Barbero Dominating

Nacho
Nacho
Jose Ignacio "Nacho" Barbero started the day with 52,300 and has had a fantastic start, now sitting on a stack of 170,000.

Most recently with the board reading {8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}, his opponent shoved for about 25,000 with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. Barbero made the call with {9-Spades}{8-Hearts} and dodged a chop on the river as the {5-Spades} fell.

Tags: Jose Ignacio Barbero

Sansour Visits the King

Martin Sansour and Rodrigo Lasmar got it all in before the flop, each player having about 40,000 in front of them. Sansour turned up {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts}, flipping against Lasmar's {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}.

The board found Sansour's overcards as it came {K-Spades} {4-Clubs} {7-Spades} {7-Hearts} {4-Spades}. His three pair was the better three pair, earning him the pot, and the knockout once the chips were counted down.

He's up to 80,000 after that near-double-up.

Tags: Martin SansourRodrigo Lasmar

Chippies

A few counts from around the room:

Nacho Barbero - 145,000
Stephen Chidwick - 140,000
Cesar Mostafa - 130,000
Robert Bianchi - 101,000
Bolivar Palacios - 80,000
Veronica Dabul - 78,000

Quatros?!?

Juan Aranguren and Roman Suarez mixed it up in a pretty big pot just moments ago. We caught up on the flop with the board showing {5-Spades} {2-Hearts} {4-Spades}. Aranguren got himself all in, and Suarez quickly made the call with the coverings stack.

When the call came, Aranguren refused to show his cards. After another minute of prodding from the dealer, he slung them into the muck. The dealer retrieved them and flipped up his {Q-Spades} {8-Diamonds}, meaning Aranguren was still drawing live, albeit to runner-runner.

The turn {10-Diamonds} ended the drama, and the {6-Spades} sent Aranguren out the door. But not before he got his final few words in. We couldn't understand the bulk of the conversation, but we could hear Aranguren saying, "Quatro?? Quatros?!?" before he finally gave up and made his way to the exit.