04-16-2009 11:19 UTC-4

Fear the Black Nails

[user24788]

Fear the Black Nails of Maridu

Team PokerStars Pro Maria 'Maridu' Mayrinck from Brazil has a secret weapon at the LAPT Mar del Plata; she painted her fingernails and toenails black. The always chatty and jovial Maridu jumped out as the early chipleader. On the first hand of the tournament, she flopped the nuts. Holding {A-?}

{A-?}

{10-?}

she was involved in a three way pot. The flop was {K-?}

{K-?}

{Q-?}

{J-?}

. She bet 300. One player called and the other folded. The turn was the {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

. She fired out 500 and her opponent called. The {7-Spades}

{7-Spades}

fell on the river. She bet 750 and her opponent called. She tabled {A-?}

{A-?}

{10-?}

for the Broadway straight, while her opponent held {K-?}

{K-?}

{Q-?}

. Maridu dragged the pot and her stack is over 13,000.

"Be afraid of the black nails," said Maridu.

Tags: Maridu