Dutchman wins first PokerStars LAPT event

May 6th, 2008
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The first-ever PokerStars Latin American Poker Tour event, held in Rio de Janeiro, lacked star power at the final table, but it did feature a very young winner.

Nineteen-year-old Julien Nuijten beat a field of 314 players to win the tournament

The event was the largest poker tournament ever held in South America.

Nuijten entered the final table as a significant chip leader, having Vitaly Kovyazin, who was second in chips, covered by more than 2-1. In the end, it came down to these two heads up. When it was all over, Nuijten had the chips and the nearly $223,000 first-place prize.

Whole thing here.

According to the story, Nuijten is the latest top-level Magic The Gathering player to make a successful transtion to poker.


Article Credit: Dustin

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Overpair on safe flop, no limit 6 max tournament - DailyHandQuiz

Game type: NL 6 max tournament, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: A little tight
Opponent's image: Very aggro
Your hand: Qs Qd

The setup: You're at a pretty active table in this tournament. This hand, UTG raises to 3x and change. You think about repopping when it gets to you, but you've seen the BB try pickup re-raises preflop several times, especially against the very aggressive player TUG who has been raising a ton of pots, so you decide to call. No luck - the rest of the table folds. You flop fine:

2c 2h 4s

UTG leads for pot. What's your play?


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