2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠j♥
Prize
$381,030
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,411,350
Entries
291
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
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Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Maridu Eliminated

[user24788]
[user24788]
"You talkin' to me?"
"You talkin' to me?"
We just got word that Maria 'Maridu' Mayrinck hit the rail. She unfortunately ran into quad treys. Maridu raised with {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and four players called. The flop was {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{3-?}. One player bet out, three others called, and Maridu shoved. Everyone folded except one player who held a set of treys. The case trey spiked on the turn and Maridu was drawing dead.

We're starting to think that black-painted fingernails attracts bad mojo. Both Maridu and Geraldine Neumann painted their fingernails with black nail polish. And now, both are out of the LAPT Mar del Plata. Coincidence?

Tags: Maridu

Having a Lie-Down

[user37786]
[user37786]
Chips at Rest
Chips at Rest
This is my first time in South America and I hope you'll forgive me if I'm not up to speed with all the local customs. That said...what's up with the sideways chip piles? Walking around the tournament floor I've seen quite a few players who have eschewed the traditional "stack" and are going with a more relaxed, reclining arrangement.

This seems to work so long as you're unfortunate to have just a handful of chips, but win a few pots and you'd have a big sloppy pile sitting in front of you. Perhaps layering your chips like a can of Pringles turned sideways is an Argentinian affectation, or maybe I'm just ignorant of a rising trend. If I could remember my high school geometry I could start spouting about the volume a cylinder holds and how stacking is a far more efficient use of space. But I don't, so I won't.

Moneymaker Chipping Up

[user24788]
[user24788]
"I started all this..."
"I started all this..."
Chris Moneymaker took a laid back approach during the opening levels and barely played a hand. After a lengthy massage loosened up his back, his game loosened up as well. In the last level, Moneymaker added to his stack after picking up a few pots. The former world champion is closing in on 20,000.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

A Failure to Communicate

[user37786]
[user37786]
I just witnessed one of your run-of-the-mill coolers--player with pocket treys flops a set, player with pocket aces flops a bigger set. Bad times for the guy with the baby pair. The turn brought a third diamond to the board and so the player with the Aces hit the brakes a bit, but he still got paid off handsomely on the river.

As the loser pushed forward the chips he'd called with, he and the winner got into a spirited conversation. They went back and forth with some heat but because I'm a barbarian and only speak English I had no clue what they were saying. Was the loser lamenting his bad luck, was he berating the winner for not making a bigger bet on the river? Did the winner graciously concede that the flop was fortuitous, or was he making some sort of graphic accusation about the loser's mother?

Not understanding the words I fell back on the non-verbal cues. Both players were sitting back in their chairs, the loser started shuffling chips, the winner assembled his winnings into neat stacks. They were loud, but their voices didn't get louder as the conversation went on, and by the time the dealer started pitching cards the two fell silent. Still not sure exactly what was said, but I'm going to assume it was a civilized, respectful, and insightful discussion about how to play set-over-set.
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