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

04-18-2009 12:44 UTC-4

Martha Eneida Herrera Gonzalez Lays Down Big Slick

Ace-king is one of the most difficult hands to play in poker. Many pros won't even play it, while other over value the hand.

Martha Eneida Herrera Gonzalez opened with a raise and Marcelo Giorgetta quickly reraised. Martha tanked for a few minutes before she folded {A-Hearts}

face-up. Marcelo Giorgetta didn't show his cards but he insisted that he was ahead.

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04-18-2009 12:37 UTC-4

Alejandro Rodriguez Doubles Up

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Alejandro Rodriguez from Argentina was short-stacked and all in against Juan Serrano.

Serrano: {10-Clubs}

Rodriguez: {K-Clubs}

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

. Rodriguez doubled up to 34,000.

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04-18-2009 12:34 UTC-4

Jose Rosenkrantz Eliminated

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I caught the action on the flop of {K-Spades}

. Jose Rosenkrantz and Horacio Courdin were all in.

Courdin: {K-Clubs}

Rosenkrantz: {3-Hearts}

The turn was the {7-Clubs}

and the river was the {4-Spades}

. Rosenkrantz did not improve and he headed to the rail.

Tags: Jose Rosenkrantz

04-18-2009 12:34 UTC-4

Other Eliminations

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In addition to David Mormoyle, Aslam Panjwani has also been eliminated.

04-18-2009 12:22 UTC-4

Dominik Nitsche is the New Chip Leader

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We didn't see the hand go down but we saw the dealer pushing a massive pile of chips to Dominik Nitsche, who eliminated David Mormoyle and took down a pot that boosted his stack to 220,000.

04-18-2009 12:07 UTC-4

Welcome to the Jungle

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The seven tables in use are packed into a fairly tight area, and in that fairly tight area are three video crews, a dozen or so photographers, a platoon of floor staff, a few humble reporters, etc. And every time a player goes all in there's a mad rush to the table to record the action. Which is my way of saying that it's a bit chaotic out there.

04-18-2009 11:50 UTC-4

Recent Eliminations

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We're down to 57 players as David Flusfeder and Daniel Reijmer have both been eliminated.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 150

04-18-2009 11:32 UTC-4

Jose Cassano and Diego Allan Gartner Ferrer Eliminated

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Two players are already gone. I missed the Diego Allan Gartner Ferrer hand, however, I caught the Jose Cassano hand in progress. He was all in preflop against Angel Guillen.

Angel: {A-Hearts}

Jose:

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}

and Angel Guillen won the pot. Jose Cassano headed to the rail.

Down to 60 players.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 150