$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event Day 1a | 2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

04-16-2009 22:12 UTC-4

Brandon Demes Eliminated

[user24788]

Brandon 'ih8pp' Demes is the latest casualty. There are 38 players remaining on Day 1a.

04-16-2009 22:19 UTC-4

Breaking news.... what do former Brazilian models do after they bust out of the LAPT Mar del Plata? They head to the bar and return to sweat their other model friends.

Angelita Feijo busted a couple of hours ago, but she's currently sweating her friend Vanessa Machado. She was even kind enough to bring a draft beer over to Vanessa.

Tags: Angelita Feijo Vanessa Machado

04-16-2009 22:26 UTC-4

Top 5 Chip Counts

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Jaime Ateneloff - 81,500
Damian Salas - 70,000
Jorge Landazuri De Los Rios (PokerStars.net Qualifier) - 70,000
Eduardo Santi - 44,000
Tamara Yael Szaingurten - 38,000

Tags: Tamara Yael Szaingurten

04-16-2009 22:42 UTC-4

Vanessa Machado Eliminated

[user37786]

This is the post we all hoped would never be written. Vanessa moved in before the flop and was called by two players, including Jose Barbero. After the {A-Clubs}

flop Jose and the other player got all the chips in the middle and Jose's {A-Hearts}

made a bigger two pair than his opponent's {A-?}

. Vanessa revealed her {K-Hearts}

and was drawing very, very thin. The {7-Spades}

on the turn and the {Q-Clubs}

on the river meant that Barbero won a big pot and that Vanessa Machado's night came to a much-too-early end.

04-16-2009 22:58 UTC-4

Wait and See

[user37786]

There's a bit more than eight minutes left in Level ten--we may stop there, or we may keep going a bit to see if we can get down to 27 players. We stand at 31 right now and we'll have a better idea what's going to happen in about...eight minutes.

04-16-2009 23:03 UTC-4

Chris Moneymaker Eliminated

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After losing a race with pocket tens versus Big Slick, Chris Moneymaker was short stacked and down to his last 4,800 in chips. He shoved from early position. The button reraised a huge amount and the blinds quickly folded.

Moneymaker: {9-Clubs}

Opponent:

The flop was {J-?}

and Moneymaker flopped an open-ended straight draw.

"Queen ball!" shouted Moneymaker as he stood up.

The turn was a blank and the river was a {K-?}

. His opponent rivered a Broadway straight (but was ahead anyway) to win the pot. After a long day 1a, Moneymaker was eliminated.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

04-16-2009 23:09 UTC-4

Players Take a Ten Minute Break

[user24788]

With the completion of level 10, there are 31 players remaining on Day 1a. Action will resume for at least one more level or until 27 players remain.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

04-16-2009 23:21 UTC-4

Back from Break

[user37786]

The players have returned from break and we'll play till we're down to 27 or we finish level 11. Whichever comes first.

04-16-2009 23:28 UTC-4

Top 5 Chip Counts

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Jorge Landazuri aka The Latin Kid Poker (nickname coined by Ray Venegas)

Jaime Ateneloff - 117,000
Jorge Landazuri (PokerStars Qualifier) - 83,000
Daniel Reijmer (PokerStars Qualifier) - 80,000
Jorge Gandazo - 76,000
Damian Salas - 71,000

Tags: Jorge Landazuri