2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario

Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$322,280
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,176,200
Entries
254
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Flop and Turn

Bolivar Palacios raised from under the gun and only Martin Sansour in the big blind made the call. Both players checked the {Q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop and the {3-Hearts} fell on the turn. Sansour counted out some chips and threw in a bet of 80,000. Palacios thought about it for about a minute before releasing. Nothing too special about this hand, but at least we got to see a flop and turn.

Tags: Bolivar PalaciosMartin Sansour

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

Roberto Bianchi Eliminated in 5th Place ($61,160)

Roberto Bianchi - 5th Place
Roberto Bianchi - 5th Place

Martin Sansour opened with a raise, and only Roberto Bianchi came along from the big blind. It was red hood against red hood to the {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{8-Clubs} flop. Bianchi checked, then quickly called Sansour's 70,000-chip bet. After the {6-Spades} turn, Bianchi checked again. This time, Sansour bet 100,000, and Bianchi took his time considering his response. After a minute, he decided on a call.

That's when things got crazy. The river was the {q-Spades}, pairing the board. Bianchi instantly moved all in. And Sansour couldn't have called any faster. Oops. Bianchi held {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} for the second nut-low two pair. Sansour showed {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, having flopped the nut straight.

In one shocking minute, Bianchi went from second in chips to out in fifth place, and Sansour went from chip leader to having the rest of the table combined twice over with around 3.5 million.

Tags: Martin SansourRoberto Bianchi

Matthias Habernig Eliminated in 6th Place ($49,400)

Matthias Habernig - 6th Place
Matthias Habernig - 6th Place

Action folded to Matthias Habernig in the small blind and he moved all-in for around 400,000. The chip leader, Martin Sansour, was in the big blind and snap-called the raise.

Sansour: {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Habernig: {Q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

Habernig was behind and needed help; however, the {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}{A-Clubs} flop gave Sansour two pair and Habernig was even further behind. In fact, he would need to catch runner-runner cards to stay alive. The dealer burned and turned the {9-Hearts}, which gave Habernig a flush draw. The crowd was clearly excited about the sweat and the young Austrian even let a smile creep across his face.

The entire tournament area waited anxiously for the river. If Habernig could not hit a heart (that wasn't an ace) then his attempt at equaling Jose "Nacho" Barbero's feat of winning back-to-back LAPT titles would come to an end. Unfortunately for Habernig, the river was the {2-Spades} and he was sent home in sixth place. Nonetheless, his back-to-back final tables is clearly among the best accomplishments in LAPT history.

Tags: Martin SansourMatthias Habernig

Ades Doubles

Bolivar Palacios raised, and Daniel Ades had finally found a hand good enough to play. He moved all in for 305,000, and Palacios snap-called to put Ades at risk.

Ades: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Palacios: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

There was nothing interesting about the {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades} board, and Ades doubled to over 600,000. That's his high-water mark for the tournament. Palacios was left with 700,000.

Tags: Bolivar PalaciosDaniel Ades

Sansour Takes Another

Martin Sansour
Martin Sansour

William Ross raised to 60,000 preflop from the button and Martin Sansour made the call from the big blind. The flop came {A-Spades}{5-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and Sansour checked over to Ross, who checked behind.

When the {10-Hearts} hit the turn, Sansour checked, Ross bet 65,000 and Sansour called. Both players then checked the {3-Clubs} on the river. Ross turned over {Q-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for a queen-high while Sansour flipped over {A-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for a pair of aces. Sansour took down the pot, meanwhile Ross's stack dipped a bit.

Tags: Martin SansourWilliam Ross

Bianchi vs. Palacios

Roberto Bianchi made a preflop raise and Bolivar Palacios called from the big blind. The flop came down {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Palacios checked over to Bianchi, who bet 90,000. After a call, the turn came {5-Clubs} and both players checked. They did the same when the {A-Clubs} fell on the river.

Bianchi showed pocket nines but was behind the {K-Diamonds}{J-Spades} of Palacios, who took down the modest pot. With all the jockeying back and forth occurring between these two players, one would think it will result in a monster pot sooner or later.

Tags: Bolivar PalaciosRoberto Bianchi

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000