On the flop of , the first player checked to Christian Kruel and he bet 1,500. A woman called behind him and then the first player folded his hand after a minute in the tank.
The turn brought the to complete a possible flush draw while also pairing the board. Both players checked and the fell on the river. Kruel bet 1,500 and his opponent made the call.
Kruel tabled the winner with the for two pair, tens and fours. His opponent mucked her hand and Kruel was pushed the pot to move back to 21,000 in chips.
After a player limped in from middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck raised from the hijack seat to 1,225. One player folded after she raised and accidentally exposed the . The big blind called and the limper folded.
The flop came down . Maridu commented about "no flush" as two hearts had already been folded. The big blind then checked and Maridu bet 1,500. Her opponent folded and showed the . Maridu also showed one card and it was the . She's up to 28,000 now.
We missed the action, but got the point when we saw Paulo Rink packing up his stuff and making his way to the exit. Rink was sure to stop by and wish some of his friends good luck on his way out.
Usually players don't get too pumped about winning pots on Day 1. But Emerson Baroni can be forgiven for taking down a pot that vaulted him to 99,000 in chips. We only caught the aftermath -- a board of -- but it seems reasonable to assume that Baroni, with , and his opponent, with , caught it all in on the flop. Each player had already amassed more than 40,000 in chips, well above the current average of about 27,000. After the stacks were counted down, Baroni's opponent was covered and eliminated from the tournament.
"Now I'm stuck in Sao Paulo for four days," he lamented to a friend. "Don't get me wrong, Sao Paulo's a great city -- but I'd rather be in the tournament."
After cresting at about 89,000 chips, Hobart Adkins is slowly falling back to Earth. He's down to 69,000 after being part of a five-way flop for 850 chips. Adkins had the button and made a small lead of 1,200 after everyone else checked a king-high flop, . One player folded before the pre-flop raiser check-raised to 5,275. THere was no further action as all other players (including Adkins) folded.
The final number for the Latin American Poker Tour Sao Paulo Main Event is 536 entrants. As we mentioned before, that number crushes the previous LAPT record for field size and make this event the largest one ever. The top 64 spots will be paid out from the R$2,391,630 prizepool. Just finishing in the money will earn a player R$9,570. The winner will walk away with a whopping R$615,840, or about USD $370,000. Below are the payouts for the final table.
After a few folds, Leo Fernandez opened pre-flop to 775. Action passed to the small blind, who re-raised to 2,150. At the same time, Humberto Brenes knocked over a can of guarana, spilling some onto the table in front of his stack.
While Brenes frantically rubbed a paper napkin on the spreading stain on the felt, Fernandez called the re-raise. His opponent led out for 3,150 on a king-high flop, . Brenes' efforts resulted in lots of little bits of paper napkin sprinkling the felt on top of the stain as the napkin began to disintegrate under Brenes' hand. Fernandez said something in Portuguese to Brenes, making a dabbing motion on the table, then folded his hand. He's down to about 17,000. For his part, Brenes needs a new can of guarana.
, the first player checked to Christian Kruel and he bet 1,500. A woman called behind him and then the first player folded his hand after a minute in the tank.
to complete a possible flush draw while also pairing the board. Both players checked and the 
fell on the river. Kruel bet 1,500 and his opponent made the call.
for two pair, tens and fours. His opponent mucked her hand and Kruel was pushed the pot to move back to 21,000 in chips.
. Maridu commented about "no flush" as two hearts had already been folded. The big blind then checked and Maridu bet 1,500. Her opponent folded and showed the 
. Maridu also showed one card and it was the 
. She's up to 28,000 now.![[user75032]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
-- but it seems reasonable to assume that Baroni, with 
. One player folded before the pre-flop raiser check-raised to 5,275. THere was no further action as all other players (including Adkins) folded.
. Brenes' efforts resulted in lots of little bits of paper napkin sprinkling the felt on top of the stain as the napkin began to disintegrate under Brenes' hand. Fernandez said something in Portuguese to Brenes, making a dabbing motion on the table, then folded his hand. He's down to about 17,000. For his part, Brenes needs a new can of guarana.