2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este

LAPT Punta del Este Main Event
Day: 2
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

Mas Fichas Para El Tiburon!

More chips for The Shark!

We caught up a bit late, but Humberto Brenes and Jhon Rua had gotten tangled up in a preflop raising war that put more than 40,000 chips in the pot. The flop came out {5-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {A-Spades}, and the Rua began stacking out a bet. He counted out 45,000 before eventually knocking the table with a frustrated fist.

Brenes made a bet of 18,000, committing nearly half of his remaining stack to the pot. Rua hemmed and hawed and tapped the felt in acknowledgement as he sent his cards back into the muck. Much to Humberto's delight.

He passed his two cards to two of his table mates and told them to turn them over. The first player revealed Brenes' {A-Hearts}, and the second flipped over his {A-Clubs}.

"Humberto never bluff! He is a lucky man!!" Somehow, Humberto can pull of the speaking-about-yourself-in-third-person thing.

That self-proclaimed lucky man has clawed his way up to 90,000 chips after a slow and quiet first 12 levels.

Tags: Humberto BrenesJhon Rua