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

Meet Your Qualifiers

Lee Marvin Funk
Lee Marvin Funk
This edition of "Meet Your Qualifiers" comes to you courtesy of the man with the best name in the room.

We caught up with Lee Marvin Funk during the last break. And yes, we checked his passport to makes sure he wasn't trying to pull a fast one on us with his name. Story checks out. He is one of the myriad of online qualifiers who've made the trip down here to Uruguay, and he's come a long way.

Funk makes his home in Toronto, Canada where he lives with his wife Eilish and his two children, Christopher (7) and Lauren (5). He's a native Canadian, but his thick Irish accents hints at an interesting time in his life. For years, Funk was a resident of Ireland, and it was there in the Macau Club that he learned the ways of the flush draw and the check-raise.

There's plenty of live poker near Toronto, but Funk says he hardly ever makes it out to play cards. He won his way into this event via a $11+r on PokerStars. He qualified for just $22 after rebuying only once, at the beginning of the tournament. When he's not four-betting you out of your seat on PokerStars, Funk spends his time as a Master Electrician for his own construction company, Solus Renovations.

Funk has had a positive start to his tournament, and he's working with about 39,000 chips as the day begins to wind down.

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