2008 PokerStars.net LAPT - Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

$2,700 Nuevo Vallarta Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net LAPT - Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico

Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$586,850
Entries
242
Players Left
89
Level Info
Level
9
Blinds
500 / 1,000
Ante
100
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Offical Numbers Released

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Official numbers for the LAPT Mexico have been released by PokerStars.

Entrants: 242
Prize Pool: $586,850
Places Paid: 27

The Payouts:
1 - $158,450
2 - $88,028
3 - $58,684
4 - $44,014
5 - $32,277
6 - $26,408
7 - $20,540
8 - $14,671
9 - $11,737
10-12 - $10,270
13-15 - $8,803
16-18 - $7,336
19-27 - $5,869

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Meet the Local Celebrities: Tito Fuentes

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Tito Fuentes from Molotov
Tito Fuentes from Molotov
Poker pros want to be rock stars and rock stars want to play poker for a living. It's one of those oddities where a group of professionals in one genre secretly wishes they were a part of a different subset of celebrities.

At today's event, there's been a lot of buzz around Tito Fuentes' table. He's the lead guitar player for Molotov. They are a popular rock/hiphop band from Mexico City and sing in both English and Spanish. Molotov won two Latin Grammy awards since the band formed in 1995. Most of the members of Molotov are poker enthusiasts and their fearless leader, Tito Fuentes, is holding his own among the biggest sharks in Latin America.

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Plastik Flushes Opponent

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I caught the action on the river. The board read {Q-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs} {8-Spades} {7-Spades}. There was approximately 1,000 in the pot, with three players in the hand. The small blind checked to David Plastik in the big blind, who fired out 850. A player to his left raised to 2,000. The first player folded and Plastik called. He tabled {6-Spades} {2-Spades} for a flush while his opponent tabled {K-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} for a straight. The dealer was about to push the pot to the player with the straight when Plastik politely tapped his fingers on his cards.

"I have a flush," he said as the dealer corrected herself and pushed him the pot.
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