2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

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

2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
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

Vadim Thelin?Eliminated by Alex Brenes

Alex Brenes celebrates his winning hand
Alex Brenes celebrates his winning hand
Incendiary.

Vadim Thelin?shoved from UTG with short stack. Diego Maggiolo moved all in over the top. Alex Brenes looked down at his cards and announced that he was all in. They all sat at the table closest to the rail and the crowd surged at the table as all three players revealed their cards:

Vadim: {A-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}
Diego: {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Alex Brenes: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}

Brenes was ahead, but Diego had all of the players covered. The rail screamed out different cards depending on who they were rooting for. A vicious shouting match ensued.

"Tres! Tres!" one guy screamed.

"Reina!" shouted another.

The rest of the chatter? I could not understand. The dealer fanned out the flop of {J-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {4-Clubs} and the film crew jockeyed for position among the spectators who jumped the rail.

"Dos! Dos!" screamed Alex Brenes, who still held the lead.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and the volume of screaming intensified. The river was the {10-Spades} and Brenes' Big Slick held up. Vadim Thelin was eliminated and Brenes doubled through Deigo much to the delight of Brenes' friends and family.

Tags: Alex Brenes