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

04-17-2009 20:49 UTC-4

Ibuki Fukui Loses Race

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A short stack shoved with {A-Hearts}

and Ibuki Fukui called with pocket fives. Ibuki lost the lead when an ace fell on the flop. He was unable to come from behind and lost the pot. Ibuki Fukui doubled up the short stack and slipped to 12,500.

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04-17-2009 20:52 UTC-4

Break Time

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The players have just left on a fifteen-minute break, with the floor taking the extra five minutes to color up the green 25 chips.

04-17-2009 21:16 UTC-4

Back to Action

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It took a bit longer than fifteen minutes to color up, but the 59 remaining players have returned and cards are in the air.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

04-17-2009 21:30 UTC-4

54 Players Remaining

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Luis Jaikel is the first player to pass the 100,000 chip mark.

04-17-2009 21:42 UTC-4

Leo Fernandez Up to 29K

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Talk about an amazing comeback. In the first level, Leo Fernandez was down to his last 1,100 in chips. Now? He's approaching 30,000.

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04-17-2009 21:43 UTC-4

Ibuki Fukui Eliminated

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With a very short stack Ibuki Fukui moved all in on the button with {J-?}

. Bad timing--the big blind woke up with pocket kings and they held up to send Fukui out of the tournament.

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04-17-2009 21:53 UTC-4

A Quick Marine Biology Lesson

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Humberto Brenes' trademark is, of course, the shark. So it was a bit odd to see him at the table making noises that sounded a lot like, well, whalesong. The action was folded around to him in the cutoff and Humberto, who is almost as famous for his crooning as for his sharky card-cappers, starting making this downright eerie singsong "Oooohhh....ooooHHHH" sound as he counted out chips for a raise.

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.

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04-17-2009 22:03 UTC-4

Humerto Brenes Eliminated

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Humberto Brenes was short and moved all in. David Schechter wanted to call and paused for a few moments to think about his next move.

"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: {A-Spades}

Brenes:

The flop was {A-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {7-Diamonds}

and the river was the {2-Spades}

. 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.

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04-17-2009 22:11 UTC-4

Joe Hachem Eliminated

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Close on the heels of Humberto Brenes' elimination we've also just lost Joe Hachem. He'd been short all day, doubling up to a manageable stack only to lose a race shortly after. He was finally knocked out when all the chips went in the middle preflop and his {K-Hearts}

was dominated by his opponent's {A-Spades}

. The board ran out {9-Clubs}

and Joe Hachem's tournament came to an end.

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