Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario
Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Rosario
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,176,200
Entries
254
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
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Four days ago the LAPT Season Three Grand Final kicked-off at the City Center Casino in Rosario, Argentina. The tournament drew 254 players and generated a prize pool of $1,176,200. In the end, it was Martin Sansour who emerged victorious to become the Grand Final Champion and take home the $322,280 first prize.
The day started of fast with the eliminations of Nico Fierro (eighth place - $25,880) and Ivan Saul (seventh place - $37,640), both at the hands of Sansour. At that point, all eyes seemed to be on Matthias Habernig, the young Austrian who won the previous LAPT event in Florianopolis, Brazil. Habernig was looking to match Jose “Nacho” Barbero’s feat of winning back-to-back LAPT titles, but he found himself among the short stacks early on. He was eliminated from the tournament in sixth place ($49,400) when he, like those before him, met his end at the hands of Sansour.
After Habernig’s elimination, it didn’t take long for a monster pot to develop. Chip leader Sansour and second-largest stack Roberto Bianchi were heads up on a board reading 
with a few hundred thousand in the pot. Suddenly Bianchi moved all in and was snap-called by Sansour. The crowd was stunned to see that Bianchi had pushed with pocket threes only to discover Sansour had flopped the straight. Bianchi was eliminated in fifth place ($61,160) while Sansour pulled away from the rest of the pack with 3.5 million.
Four-handed action lasted for quite some time before Sansour struck again, this time eliminating William Ross in fourth place ($84,960). A short time late Bolivar Palacios decided Sansour couldn’t be the only one eliminating people, so he put an end to Daniel Ades’ day in third place ($115,270). Heads-up play was expected to be an epic battle between Sansour and Palacios, who had been playing solidly all day. But the match lasted only two hands. On the second deal, Palacios was all in with 
against the 
of Sansour. A king on the flop ushered Palacios out the door in second place ($188,200). Sansour, who knocked out six of his seven opponents, became the LAPT Grand Final Champion.
Sansour came to the final table third in chips and was able to capture them all in the end. He will take the Grand Final title back to Peru and close the door on another great season of the LAPT. For all of us here in Argentina from PokerNews, we thank you for following along and hope you get a chance to check out our coverage from the next stop!
The first hand, Martin Sansour raised, and Bolivar Palacios folded. Not very exciting.
The second hand, Palacios raised, and Sansour shipped his big stack all in. And Palacios snap-called all-in, putting his tournament on the line! The crowd was instantly on its feet.
Palacios:
Sansour:
The 
flop ended much of the drama. And the tournament was over after the 
on the turn. The two players have been friendly on breaks, often going outside to smoke together. They shook hands, and now it's time for them to celebrate.
We're back in action.
The final two are taking a break while the TV crew sets up for the heads-up match. They will return to these stacks:
Martin Sansour: 3,505,000
Bolivar Palacios: 1,575,000
Bolivar Palacios was on the button and opened for 110,000. Daniel Ades then moved all-in from the small blind and Palacios motioned to call, which he eventually did after Martin Sansour folded from the big blind.
Palacios:
Ades: 
The 
was no help to anyone, which meant Ades needed to hit in order to survive. The 
brought him one step close to elimination's door as the entire tournament area awaited the river. Unfortunately it was not meant to be for the 62 year-old Argentinean as the peeled off the deck. Ades was sent home in third place and will receive $115,270 for his performance.
After a long lull, we've finally had a fairly substantial hand (at least it made it to the river). It all began when Martin Sansour raised preflop from the small blind and was called by Bolivar Palacios in the big.
The flop came down 
and both players checked, as they did when the 
fell on the turn. The dealer burned and put the 
on the river at which point Sansour led out for 70,000. Palacios made the call but mucked after seeing Sansour's 
.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Action seems to be in a stalemate as preflop raises have been enough to take down the pots preflop. In the rare instant that there is a flop, it has been in a limped pot where a simple bet is enough to take it down.