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PokerStars LAPT Punta del Este – Nacho Barbero wins
Posted by: Jo Martin - Sun, 2010-02-28 04:24
The 4th and last day of the PokerStars LAPT’s Punta del Este stop saw the 8 remaining players return to the
poker room of the Mantra Resort to sort out the fate of the top prize once and for all.
The final table battle lasted for a grueling 10 hours. At the end of it, it was
PokerStars’ Nacho Barbero who held up the trophy and who pocketed the $273,370 top prize.
The early stages of
poker tournament saw the short-stacks make their do or die moves one by one. First, Barbero’s A,7o locked horns with Roman Suarez’s A,5o. A seven on the flop and one on the turn gave Barbero a set with a top kicker and Suarez was done.
Bernardo Dias picked up A,6o next and decided to make his move on it. He got looked up by Andreas Korn though, who had pocket 7s. The board failed to change anything and Dias went to the payout booth too.
Marco Caicedo shoved all-in next, and Barbero was keen to make the call holding K,Q. The board again went completely Barbero’s way, giving him two Qs for a set. Caicedo picked up $41,690 for his 6th place.
Daniela Zapiello, the revelation of the poker tournament, ran head-first into Andreas Korn’s pocket rockets to cripple herself. On the very next hand, she shoved all-in holding Qs,5s. Norbert Ludger made the call with Ad, 8d. Despite the fact that she landed a Q on the flop, Zapiello was bounced when Korn made a Broadway straight on the river.
Ludger couldn’t enjoy the advantage offered by Zapiello’s chips for long though. He was the next to head to the rail after his pocket 5s fell short against Nicolas Cardyn’s Q,10o.
Korn was sent to the rail by Barbero on a K,10 vs K,J match-up, and the heads-up stage was set.
Due to the lengthy nature of the final table hostilities, by the time the heads-up stage was reached, the blinds had grown way too high. The two players were left with few choices but to shove it all-in and flip for it. The final hand saw Cardyn’s A,K go up against Barbero’s A,10. A 10 on the river settled the issue for good.
