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

04-17-2009 19:04 UTC-4

Prize Pool Information Released

The LAPT finally released the official numbers. $381,030 will be awarded to the first place winner. There were 291 total runners and the top 27 will receive a share of the prize money.

Entrants: 291
Total Prize Pool: $1,411,350

Payouts:
1st - $381,030
2nd - $211,700
3rd - $141,140
4th - $105,860
5th - $77,620
6th - $63,520
7th - $49,400
8th - $35,280
9th - $28,220
10th - 12th - $24,700
13th - 15th - $21,160
16th - 18th - $17,640
19th - 27th - $14,120

04-17-2009 18:53 UTC-4

Top 5 Chip Counts

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Horacio Courdin - 42,000
Vincenzo Gianelli - 33,000
Gualter Salles - 30,000
Alex Brenes - 29,000
Alexandre Gomes - 29,000

04-17-2009 18:52 UTC-4

Players Return From Dinner Break - 88 Players Remaining

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We will be playing approximately 5 more levels. Action will be halted with 3 minutes or so left in Level 11.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

04-17-2009 17:10 UTC-4

Players Take a 90-Minute Dinner Break

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Time for an Argentinian steak! See you in 90 minutes. Approximately 92 players are remaining.

04-17-2009 17:06 UTC-4

Ibuki Fukui and Umbrella Man Updates

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Ibuki Fukui stormed back and his stack is now at 10,300.

Sadly, there's a little rain on Umbrella Man's parade. Zach Hall lost about half of his chips and barely has 10,000.

Tags: Ibuki Fukui Umbrella Man

04-17-2009 16:48 UTC-4

Maria Stern Doubles Up

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Running a bit low on chips and under the gun, Maria Stern pushed forward her last 5,750 and the other players folded in turn. Until Maura Harris, sitting in the big blind, started thinking the situation over.

There's one piece of information that certainly colored her decision-making process--during the deal the {K-Spades}

had been exposed. Maria set her glasses atop her cards as Maura counted out the chips required for a call.

"You look happy and confident," Maura said and Maria quickly replied, "I am, baby!" Stern warmed the room with a radiant smile...right up to the point where Harris called. And showed {A-Diamonds}

to Stern's {A-Spades}

. "I thought you were really strong," Harris said as a crowd gathered around.

The {Q-Clubs}

flop kept Harris in the lead but on the turn, the {8-Diamonds}

fell. With the exposed king out of play Maura needed to hit her two-outer but instead the {J-Spades}

fell on the river. Maria doubled up to around 12,000 while Maura saw her stack slip to 8,000.

Tags: Maria Stern

04-17-2009 16:40 UTC-4

Veronica Dabul Eliminated

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Team PokerStars Pro Veronica Dabul was knocked out by fellow Team PokerStars Pro Alex Gomes. Her {J-Spades}

lost to Alex's {7-Hearts}

when the board ran out {J-Diamonds}

. Despite the set of jacks, Gomes rivered a straight to win the pot.

Tags: Veronica Dabul

04-17-2009 16:30 UTC-4

Clearing Out the Angle Shooters

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There was a situation at Gualter Salles' table with a player who was angle-shooting all afternoon. The player would call out of turn before his opponents in front of him raised. Then he'd take back his bet. He was warned for his actions yet persisted his low-brow tactics.

A few minutes ago, when the player attempted his slippery move, the Tournament Director stepped in and made a ruling that the player had to call the original raise instead of removing his bet in previous instances. The TD hoped that would curtail the angle shooting.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50