2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 1a
1a1b23
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

A Failure to Communicate

[user37786]
[user37786]
I just witnessed one of your run-of-the-mill coolers--player with pocket treys flops a set, player with pocket aces flops a bigger set. Bad times for the guy with the baby pair. The turn brought a third diamond to the board and so the player with the Aces hit the brakes a bit, but he still got paid off handsomely on the river.

As the loser pushed forward the chips he'd called with, he and the winner got into a spirited conversation. They went back and forth with some heat but because I'm a barbarian and only speak English I had no clue what they were saying. Was the loser lamenting his bad luck, was he berating the winner for not making a bigger bet on the river? Did the winner graciously concede that the flop was fortuitous, or was he making some sort of graphic accusation about the loser's mother?

Not understanding the words I fell back on the non-verbal cues. Both players were sitting back in their chairs, the loser started shuffling chips, the winner assembled his winnings into neat stacks. They were loud, but their voices didn't get louder as the conversation went on, and by the time the dealer started pitching cards the two fell silent. Still not sure exactly what was said, but I'm going to assume it was a civilized, respectful, and insightful discussion about how to play set-over-set.