2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

$5,200 Mar del Plata Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.net LAPT Mar del Plata

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$381,030
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,411,350
Entries
291
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

Alex Brenes Left With a Chip and a Chair

Almost literally, too. The last hope of the Brenes clan to capture the LAPT Mar del Plata Main Event was all in with {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} to Juan Pablo Reverter's {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}. When the flop came {J-Clubs} {6-Spades} {Q-Clubs} Reverter raised his hands to the heavens in disbelief, but the turn brought the {K-Spades} to put him back in the lead and elicit a wry smile from Brenes. The {4-Hearts} fell on the river and the dealer had to count down both stacks to see if Brenes was indeed out.

Indeed he wasn't--he had enough to pay the blind and ante on the next hand and doubled up with {J-Spades} {4-Spades} against {A-Diamonds} {6-Spades}. And it looks like he might've just doubled up again. But he still has a long, long, long, long way to go to get back on his feet.

Tags: Alex Brenes