Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,176,200
Entries
254
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
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Gaudio Fouls Out
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Argentinian tennis pro Gastón Gaudio made an impressive showing here, but his match has come to an end. He pushed with 
from the small blind. Unfortunately for him, the big blind woke up with 
. The board ran out 
, and Gaudio shook hands with tablemate Veronica Dabul on his way out.
School's Out for Lerner
Aaron Lerner was down to his last few big blinds when he got it all in with 
against a just slightly shorter stack with pocket fives. Presto held, and Lerner was all in next hand. He didn't even stick around to see the river before making his exit.
Phillips Chips Up
We didn't catch the specifics of the hand but we watched Dennis Phillips shake hands with his opponent, who he had just eliminated with his 
against 
. Phillips increased his stack to 39,000.
Some Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
135,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
110,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
||
|
80,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
24,700
|
24,700 |
|
73,000
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
||
|
55,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
||
|
39,000
5,200
|
5,200 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
-7,700
|
-7,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
17,000
-500
|
-500 |
|
|
||
Nacho Snacking
We're starving, and so his Jose "Nacho" Barbero apparently. He just finished chowing down on a healthy preflop pot. After one player opened from early position to the rather large 5,300, Barbero moved all in for about seven times the pot. Everyone else got out of the way while Barbero's opponent considered his options. He folded face up. And he was right. Barbero flashed pocket kings on their way to the muck.
Donoso Takes a Hit
Seat 7 limped under the gun only to have Mario Donoso raise from the cutoff to 4,700. Action folded to Seat 7 who put in a reraise to 11,200, which Donoso called. The two saw a flop of 
and Seat 8 led out with a 6,000 bet. Donoso wasted little time in announcing, "All in."
"Call," responded Seat 7 as he turned over 
and committed his stack of about 40,000. Donoso was in bad shape with his 
and need to hit an ace or runner-runner. The 
on the turn changed nothing and neither did the 
on the river. Donoso took a big hit in the hand and is down to around 60,000.
An Angel from on High
Angel Guillen recently became entangled in a hand after the player in the hijack raised to 2,500. Guillen, who was in the cutoff, repopped it to 6,200 and the hijack made the call. Action checked to Guillen when the flop came 
and he promptly bet 5,500. The hijack gave it some thought but conceded the pot. Guillen is now up to 6,000.
Maridu Breaks the KQo Spell
Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck has been kind enough to educate her table on the powers of king-queen offsuit, the hand that never loses on PokerStars. And Mayrinck convinced her tablemates that it never loses in PokerStars live tournaments either. After several big pots at the table won by the magical KQo, Maridu somehow found herself on the wrong side of the all-in equation.
The button raised, and the small blind flatted. In the big blind, she looked down at the . "I was all in," she said. "I didn't even look at the other card. I mean, I had 12k."
The button snap called, and after the small blind folded, he proudly turned over .... . With 
, Maria was certain she was dead. The flop fell 
, and just as she expected, her opponent took the lead. But then the turn brought an ace. Still, she was sure the river would send her packing. But it too was an ace, and somehow, Mayrinck survived KQo -- in a Stars tournament, no less -- to double to 28,000.