2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

LAPT Punta del Este Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

Final Results
Winner
Jose Ignacio Barbero
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$279,330
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,500
Entries
307
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

An Knockout and a Free Lesson

Maria Mayrinck was the preflop raiser for this hand, and she found two callers, one on the button and one in the small blind.

The flop came out {10-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}, and "Maridu" continued out with a bet of 2,600. Diego Serrano called in position while the big blind ducked out of the way.

Heads up now, fourth street brought a raggy {2-Hearts}, and Mayrinck fired a big covering bet. Serrano had just 6,300 chips left in his stack, and he thought it over for a long minute before splashing his remainder into the pot, looking very disappointed.

Mayrinck: {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} (top-top)
Serrano: {4-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} (flush draw)

The river bricked off for the at-risk player, the {6-Clubs} being of no use whatsoever. Mayrinck had knocked him out, but she wasn't sure she liked it.

"Why? Why?!" she asked, genuinely pleading with him.

"Eleven big blinds," came the short reply in Spanish.

"Fold! Fold!!" instructed Maridu. "Get them somewhere else! Just fold." After that quick lesson, she offered a sincere, "Very nice playing with you," as Serrano headed out.

Maridu is up to 46,000 just as the break approaches.

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