donpeters
Kfir Yamin bet 15,500 on the flop of . Marc Inizan made the call. The turn added the to the board. Yamin fired another bet, making it 40,000 to go this time. Inizan raised it up to 112,000. Yamin made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Yamin checked. Inizan fired 250,000 into the pot. Yamin folded in disgust, looking away as he angrily pushed his hand into the muck.
Inizan moved up to 900,000 while Yamin dropped back to 425,000.
[user140525]
Action has slowed down considerably as the field approaches the money bubble. That's not to say that there aren't big pots and crazy bluffs. They just happen very, very slowly. One table in particular has perfected the art of the bubble stall. Tu Tuan To began Day 2 second in chips with 212,000. Now he's down to less than 10 big blinds and in danger of not cashing.
In a recent hand, a player from middle position raised to 9,000. It folded to To in the small blind, where he sat comfortably for four minutes contemplating his decision. Finally, he called the clock on himself and unsurprisingly, declined to put another chip into the pot. Six minutes into the hand, the big blind decided to look at his own cards. He peeled one, thought about it, and moved it to the side. Then he peaked at the other one, thought about it, and asked for a count of the bet (one T5,000 chip and four T1,000 chips - not rocket science). Oddly, he actually called, only to check the flop and then tank-fold to a bet. The hand took over 10 minutes and lasted long enough for people at three other tables to bust. Mission accomplished, we guess. There's now a floor person standing over their table to speed the action along a little.
Freitag: for top pair, top kicker
His opponent: for two pair
Turn:
River:
The pair of tens on the board counterfeited Freitag's opponent's two pair, and Freitag's king kicker played to give him the pot and double him up to 220,000. Freitag was overjoyed, at very high volume.
We do not know exactly what he was shouting in German, but we managed to pick out the phrase, "En der f***ing bubble scheisse call!" Charming.
donpeters
David Paredes eliminated
Marc Inizan raised from middle position to 10,700 and then action folded to David Paredes in the small blind. He reraised to 28,000 straight. The big blind folded and action fell back on Inizan. He announced that he was all in and Paredes made the call.
Inizan:
Paredes:
The flop added some outs for Inizan when it came down . The turn was the and completed the straight for Inizan. The river completed the board with the and also ended the tournament for Paredes, which finished just a few spots off the money. Inizan moved up to 725,000.
[user140525]
After losing a 300,000-chip pot shortly before dinner, Paredes has refused to give up. He raised preflop, Marc Inizan called on the button, and Johannes Strassmann came along in the big blind.
Flop: - Strassmann checked, Paredes bet 18,000, and Inizan tank-called. Strassmann asked for a count of David's stack before giving up his hand.
Turn: - Paredes bet 45,000, clearly committing himself to the pot with less than 50,000 behind. Inizan quickly mucked. He's still got a giant 585,000, and Paredes is up to 148,000 from a low of less than 60,000.
[user140525]
cdbr3799
Old school players should have learned by now that they can't out-aggress the Internet generation. But every once in a while, they need to be reminded. Bruno Fitoussi and Chris "cdbr3799" Dombrowski got into it on a flop. Fitoussi checked, and Dombrowksi bet 8,500. Then Bruno check-raised to 22,000. Chris almost whispered, "all in." And Fitoussi's cards were in the muck in under a second. "Looks like I didn't find the right spot, huh?" he laughed. Fitoussi is on 110,000 while Dombrowksi has 225,000.
[user140525]
Miika Puumalainen checked the flop to George Danzer, who bet 25,000. Puumalainen made the call. Exact same sequence on the turn. Check, bet 25,000, call. Puumalainen checked a third time after the on the river. Danzer finally gave up and checked behind, showing for a missed gutshot and a rivered pair of fives. Puumalainen took down the pot with for top pair, putting him up to 186,000. Danzer still has around 300,000.
[user46392]
There was a raise to 9,000 in the hijack, but Andrew Feldman in the cutoff pushed his entire 86,900 stack across the line. The cutoff thought about it long and hard but eventually folded, and Feldman is back above the 100,000 mark for we believe the first time since play started this morning.
[user46392]
It looked like there was at least one raise preflop (although the 400 ante makes every pot look huge so it's hard to tell) but either way Joris Jaspers (hijack) and Manuel Bevand (cutoff) saw an flop. Jaspers bet out 11,600, Bevand called, and they saw a turn.
The turn was the and this time Jaspers bet out 28,000. Again, Bevand called.
They saw a river and this time Jaspers checked. Bevand checked behind and flipped over - easily good enough to beat Jaspers' nothing-until-the-river .
"Would you have called?" asked Jaspers, referring to a hypothetical all-in bet on the river. "Probably," replied Bevand.
donpeters
The PokerStars.net LAPT Viña Del Mar in Chile has officially been cancelled due to the recent earthquake that struck Chile just 175 miles south of Viña Del Mar where the tournament was to be hosted.
Here's what the LAPT website had to say about the news in their official statement.
"The PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) regrets to announce that the 2010 LAPT Viña del Mar, Chile poker festival has been cancelled. The festival was scheduled to be held at the Enjoy Viña del Mar Casino and Resort from March 19-23, 2010.
"All players who have qualified or bought-in to the event will be fully refunded their buy-ins and any out-of-pocket expenses*.
"This cancellation follows a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile approximately 175 miles south of Viña del Mar on February 27, 2010. The cancellation of the festival has been forced by the effects of the earthquake and in light of the rescue and recovery efforts now taking place throughout Chile.
"Everyone at PokerStars.net and the LAPT offers their thoughts and condolences to all of those affected by this tragic natural disaster.
"The LAPT sincerely apologizes for this cancellation to the players that had planned to attend the festival. To download the full press release please click here."
. Marc Inizan made the call. The turn added the 
to the board. Yamin fired another bet, making it 40,000 to go this time. Inizan raised it up to 112,000. Yamin made the call.
and Yamin checked. Inizan fired 250,000 into the pot. Yamin folded in disgust, looking away as he angrily pushed his hand into the muck.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
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for two pair
. The turn was the 
and completed the straight for Inizan. The river completed the board with the 
and also ended the tournament for Paredes, which finished just a few spots off the money. Inizan moved up to 725,000.
- Strassmann checked, Paredes bet 18,000, and Inizan tank-called. Strassmann asked for a count of David's stack before giving up his hand.
turn. Check, bet 25,000, call. Puumalainen checked a third time after the 
on the river. Danzer finally gave up and checked behind, showing 
for a missed gutshot and a rivered pair of fives. Puumalainen took down the pot with 
river and this time Jaspers checked. Bevand checked behind and flipped over 
- easily good enough to beat Jaspers' nothing-until-the-river 
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