Derek Lerner Chipping Up
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. That race got a little close after the 
flop and the 
on the turn, but when the 
fell on the river Lerner added substantially to his stack as we play into the night.
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata
$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,411,350
Entries
291
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
. That race got a little close after the flop and the on the turn, but when the fell on the river Lerner added substantially to his stack as we play into the night.
Friday Night in Mar del Plata
Over in the casino, there was some sort of ruckus and a couple of gamblers got into a heated disagreement. The majority of railbirds cleared out of the tournament area and rushed over to the roulette tables to sweat the potential fistfight. The fracas was quickly broken up and the railbirds returned to the tournament.
A second chance tournament has been running all evening and that action is down to the final table. Team PokerStars Pro Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck went deep and cashed but she busted out when she ran into quads. Former Brazilian model Vanessa Machado advanced to the final table as one of the chipleaders and a large crowd gathered around her table.
Although Joe Hachem busted a little while ago, he's been sitting at an empty table while he's getting his back worked on by a masseuse.
The Dreaded Slowdown
Marcelo Giorgetta Eliminates David Schechter
, the two players exchanged raises until Schechter stacked up his chips and pushed them in the middle. Giorgetta almost instantly did the same, and when Schechter turned over 
for two pair (the nines on the board counterfeited him) Giorgetta laid his 
on the felt. His straight held up when the river brought the
and as Schechter shook hands with his tablemates Giorgetta rocketed up to near the top of the leaderboard. He has about 105,000.
46 Players Remaining
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
Joe Hachem Eliminated
was dominated by his opponent's 
. The board ran out 
and Joe Hachem's tournament came to an end.
Humerto Brenes Eliminated
"I have a very good hand, Humberto," said Schechter.
"Please call. I want to double up," said Brenes.
After a couple of minutes in the tank, Schechter called.
Schechter:
Brenes:
The flop was
. The turn was the and the river was the . Schechter won the pot and Brenes headed to the rail. Before he left, Schechter shook his hand and they embraced."It's was an honor to play with you," said a respectful Schechter.
David Schechter now has almost 40,000.
A Quick Marine Biology Lesson
Brenes kept singing as the button and small blind folded around to David Schechter, who listened to Brenes' caterwauling before reaching for chips himself. Brenes started talking to Schechter, advising him not to call, and Schechter laughed and said, "No English! No Americano" to Brenes, who had switched to David's native language.
Schechter replaced the chips in his stack and said, in a good-natured way, "Because of that I'm going all in", and he pushed his stack into the pot. That, finally, quieted Humberto, who checked his cards, tallied up his stack, and then threw his cards into the muck.
Ibuki Fukui Eliminated
. Bad timing--the big blind woke up with pocket kings and they held up to send Fukui out of the tournament.