2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 2
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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: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300

Loco

[user24788]
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The featured TV table
The featured TV table
Things in the "steak house" were a little crazy during the initial two levels of play. The restaurant tables were moved out of the steak house and replaced with poker tables. The entire room is magnificently decorated and includes the ornate TV set.

So where's the craziness? Imagine a hundred people trying to squeeze into the tables... which included multiple film crews, production staff, security, floor staff, numerous media reps, and a couple of brave railbirds who snuck past the armed security guards in black military garb. Oh, and I forgot to mention the random models milling around.

All in all, it's just another day on the LAPT.

On Break

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The players are leaving on a 15-minute break; hopefully it won't take them 15 minutes to clear the chaotic tournament room.

Alex Brenes Charges Back

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Perhaps I was too quick to bury Alex Brenes. Because he's just won FIVE all-ins in a row to bring his stack back from a shovel-dirt-on-him 400 chips to a viable 34,000. In his most recent double-up Alex was all in with {K-Spades} {J-Diamonds} against Dominik Nitsche. Brenes caught a ten on the river to fill a gutshot straight draw and the crowd gather tight around the rail burst into cheers.

Alex Brenes Left With a Chip and a Chair

[user37786]
[user37786]
Almost literally, too. The last hope of the Brenes clan to capture the LAPT Mar del Plata Main Event was all in with {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} to Juan Pablo Reverter's {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}. When the flop came {J-Clubs} {6-Spades} {Q-Clubs} Reverter raised his hands to the heavens in disbelief, but the turn brought the {K-Spades} to put him back in the lead and elicit a wry smile from Brenes. The {4-Hearts} fell on the river and the dealer had to count down both stacks to see if Brenes was indeed out.

Indeed he wasn't--he had enough to pay the blind and ante on the next hand and doubled up with {J-Spades} {4-Spades} against {A-Diamonds} {6-Spades}. And it looks like he might've just doubled up again. But he still has a long, long, long, long way to go to get back on his feet.

Tags: Alex Brenes

Ivan Raich Eliminated; Mark Ioli Runs Good

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Mark 'Semi-Pro' Ioli
Mark 'Semi-Pro' Ioli
Ivan Raich from Argentina was short-stacked and all in against young American, Mark Ioli.

Raich: {5-Clubs} {5-Hearts}
Ioli: {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}

Raich turned to the dealer and pleaded, "Cinco! Cinco! Cinco!"

Ioli took a deep breath as the dealer fanned out the flop. The {A-Diamonds} was the door card and the complete flop was {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}. Ioli solidified his lead with a set of aces. The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and Raich picked up a gutshot. The river fell the {7-Hearts}. Ioli won the pot and Raich headed to the rail.

Tags: Mark Ioli

Mark Ioli Eliminates Mario Lopez

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A back-and-forth hand saw Mario Lopez's tournament come to a cruel end. He was all in with {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} to Mark Ioli's {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}, and that classic race seemed destined to go Lopez's way when the flop came {A-Clubs} {2-Spades} {8-Spades}. The dealer paused to let the cameras record the scene, and then he burned and turned over the {Q-Diamonds}. Lopez jumped from his seat as that card fell and during another brief pause he reached across the table and shook Ioli's hand. The dealer placed the {7-Hearts} on the felt to conclude the hand and Lopez headed for the rail.
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