$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event | 2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

04-19-2009 16:38 UTC-4

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Action was paused while the staff makes preparations for the heads up battle between the two teenagers.... Dominik "DOMinator" Nitsche and Jorge Landazuri. Dominik is eighteen years old and still in high school back in Germany, while Jorge is a nineteen year old med student.

Oh, to be young again.

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04-19-2009 16:48 UTC-4

Cards in the Air!

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Every Mexican in Mar del Plata is squeezed into the tournament room to cheer on Jorge Landazuri. Even though Domink Nitsche has almost a 2 to 1 chiplead, he'll have to overcome an enthusiastic mob of Jorge supporters if he wants to win the first live tournament that he's ever played in.

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04-19-2009 16:58 UTC-4

Jorge Landazuri Eliminated in 2nd Place ($211,700); Dominik Nitsche Wins LAPT Mar del Plata ($381,030)

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On the first hand of heads up play....

Dominik Nitsche has the button in Seat 6. He raised to 80,000 and Jorge Landazuri called. The flop was {K-Hearts}

. Jorge checked. Dominik bet 50,000. Jorge check-raised to 140,000 and Dominik called. The turn was the {10-Spades}

. Jorge fired out 150,000 and Dominik called. The river was the {K-Diamonds}

. Jorge moved all in and Dominik insta-called.

Dominik: {K-Spades}

Jorge:

Jorge missed his straight draw and Dominik won the pot with trip kings. Jorge Landazuri qualified through an online freeroll via PokerStars. The young gun from Mexico finished in second place and won $211,700. Dominik Nitsche won $381,030 for first place.

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04-19-2009 17:09 UTC-4

Nitsche Not Dead; Congratulations to Dominik 'DOMinator' Nitsche for Winning the PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

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Two years ago, Dominik Nitsche started playing poker in his hometown of Minden, Germany. Since then, he evolved into a savvy online player. He qualified for the $5,200 LAPT Grand Final through the Steps satellites on PokerStars. He easily won his seat and actually won five total packages for this event.

If the kid won five packages, it would seem likely that he'd go on to win the LAPT Grand Final. And that's just what the young German did. He started the day as the chipleader and went wire to wire, buoyed by the monster hand where he busted both Sergio Farias and Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez in a three-way all in (aces vs. kings vs. tens). After that hand, it was just a matter of time before the DOMinator won the tournament... which happened to be the first live tournament that he ever participated in.

Dominik Nitsche bested a field of 291 players and will take home $381,030. Congratulations to Dominik Nitsche for his first major tournament score.

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$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event

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