LAPT5 Punta del Este: Title in hand for Marcelo Fonseca

When first bidding you buenos dias this morning, I suggested the many head-spinning swings and jaw-dropping hands from Day 3 might give even those returning to short stacks today some extra hope. And after yet another wild day of poker in this coastal city -- warmly inviting all week even if the air has had an occasional chill -- the result appears to have proven such hope well founded.

Carlos Mironiuk was one of four Argentinians among the final nine, entering the final day squarely in the middle of the pack in fifth position. He'd lose a few chips during the first few oribts, then found himself in the difficult spot of being all in with [Th][9h] against the [Qc][Qd] of Marcelo Fonseca. Five cards later, Mironiuk's hand was still behind, making him the first to leave us in ninth.