$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

04-18-2009 18:50 UTC-4

Dinner Time

With the non-stop action that's gone on since we hit the money, a pause comes as a welcome relief. The players are on dinner break for 90 minutes. Whew.

04-18-2009 18:48 UTC-4

Daniel Jaime Ateneloff Eliminated in 16th Place ($17,640)

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Ateneloff got all his money in holding {K-Clubs}

to his opponent's {J-Clubs}

, but a jack fell on the {J-Diamonds}

flop and then the {J-Hearts}

hit on the turn and that brought an end to Daniel Jaime Ateneloff's tournament.

04-18-2009 18:45 UTC-4

Two Chipleaders Battle; Dominik Nitsche Wins Largest Pot of Tournament... So Far

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The two chipleaders clashed and fireworks ensued. Dominik Nitsche opened for a raise, much like he has been doing all afternoon . Mark Ioli reraised to 60,000. Nitsche said, "All in."

"Did you say all in?" asked Ioli

Nitsche nodded.

"I call," said Ioli.

Nitsche tabled {K-Hearts}

and Ioli flipped over {K-Spades}

. Ioli jumped out of his chair and screamed, "Yes! I knew it."

Ioli had Nitsche covered. If his hand held up, he'd bust the second biggest stack in the room.

The flop was {A-Hearts}

. Nitsche could not have asked for a better flop. The young German picked up a flush draw and a gutshot Broadway straight draw. The turn was the {5-Hearts}

and Nitsche made his flush, much to the dismay of Ioli who looked absolutely crushed. The river was the {5-Diamonds}

and Nitsche won the pot.

It took a couple of minutes to count down Nitsche's remaining stack... which was around 326,000. The dealer pushed a pot to him worth over 700,000. Ioli slipped to 170,000.

Tags: Domink Nitsche Mark Ioli

04-18-2009 18:23 UTC-4

Rodrigo Caprioli Eliminated in 17th Place ($17,640)

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Caprioli moved all in preflop and, as he's done quite often today, Mark Ioli wielded the power of his massive stack and moved all-in as well to isolate. Caprioli turned over {Q-Spades}

but Ioli had the goods with {K-Clubs}

. The board ran out {6-Diamonds}

and Rodrigo Caprioli was out in the 17th spot.

04-18-2009 18:15 UTC-4

Down to the Final Two Tables

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Once the money bubble broke, the eliminations happened so fast that we had a tough time keeping up. Right now, there are 17 players remaining.

Mark Ioli and Dominik Nitsche are still the big stacks. The young American and young German have been gobbling up chips all afternoon.

04-18-2009 18:09 UTC-4

Pat Van Dijk Eliminated in 18th Place ($17,640)

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Van Dijk was all in with {A-Spades}

against Alfons Fenijn's {10-Diamonds}

, and when the flop came {A-Diamonds}

, the two grinned at each other from across the felt. Both players are from the Netherlands and might well be friends, because when the turn delivered the {10-Spades}