2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Florianopolis

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Florianopolis

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$247,441
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
364
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Rink with the Golden Goal

That's right, 200,000 for Paulo
That's right, 200,000 for Paulo

Usually when we do a feature post on a player in the field and grab them for a video interview on a break they bust shortly thereafter. We just did a feature post on Paulo Rink (which you can read here) and also grabbed him for a video interview on the last break a short while ago. Within minutes of returning back to play, Rink was all in and it looked as if the PokerNews curse was about to strike.

Ademir Strechar raised to 12,000 from the hijack seat before action fell on Rink in the cutoff. He thought for a little bit and then moved all in for 97,700. Action then folded over to the player in the big blind who moved all in as well. It looked to be right around the same amount as Rink. Strechar folded his hand and the hands were tabled.

Rink: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}
Opponent: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Rink stayed in front. The turn brought the {K-Hearts} to add a third heart to the board. This made Rink's hand a bit stronger as he took away the {Q-Hearts} as an out for his opponent. The river then completed the board with the {4-Diamonds}, not what RInk's opponent was pleading so much for.

After the final count of the chips, Rink did indeed have his opponent covered by a tiny margin. He scooped in the chips and moved his stack to just about 200,000 in chips.

Tags: Ademir StrecharPaulo Rink