2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$289,300
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,700
Prize Pool
$1,343,100
Entries
367
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Tough Tables

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Andre Akkari telling us how many other dangerous players are at his table
Andre Akkari telling us how many other dangerous players are at his table

We've broken at least one table already, and a few other players have been moved around for balancing. As a result, some tough tables have come together. It was the table that contained Andre Akkari and Elio Fox, and they've both found that the table break has made their lives no easier.

Fox moved just one table over to join Matthias De Meulder and seven other players we don't recognize. He has position on the Belgian.

Akkari had to trek all the way across the room to find his new table, and he'd not like what he saw once he arrived. Taking his seat in the nine hole, Akkari has direct position on Lisandro Gallo, but he's out of position against a fellow Team PokerStars Pro. Holland's Fatima Moreira de Melo is in the two seat.

Tags: Andre AkkariElio FoxFatima Moreira de MeloLisandro GalloMatthias De Meulder

De Meulder Shoved On After Barreling

Two players checked the {K-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop before Team PokerStars Pro Matthias de Meulder bet 1,100. The next player called before the first two folded.

The turn was the {A-Hearts} and de Meulder stayed on the gas with a bet of 2,500. His opponent called.

The river was the {J-Hearts} and de Meulder fired 5,200. After a minute of tanking, his opponent raised all in for around 16,000. De Meulder folded and dropped below the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias de Meulder be
Matthias de Meulder
19,500
-8,500
-8,500

Tags: Matthias de Meulder

One for Gazes

Bill Gazes checked the {Q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop and the next player also checked. The third player bet 1,125 and Gazes called. The other player folded.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and both players checked to see the {K-Spades} land on the river. Gazes fired 1,350 and his opponent folded.

Player Chips Progress
Bill Gazes
Bill Gazes
25,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Bill Gazes

"Good Morning!"

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We just heard a familiar voice pipe up for the first time today.

"Good morning!" he said as he walked up onto the featured table stage with a broad smile at about 2:30 in the afternoon. It's Daniel Negreanu, and he's just taken his seat at a table full of relative unknowns. It was just seconds before Negreanu fired up the Twitter machine, too:

Pulling a @phil_hellmuth showing up in level 3 of LAPT slept off a hangover. Feels like a really smart move, I feel MUCH better

Good luck to Kid Poker today in São Paulo.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Man Down

Fabrizio Gonzalez - out
Fabrizio Gonzalez - out

Well, we've lost the first man we were tracking today. Fabrizio Gonzalez is missing from the room, and his chips are missing from his former seat.

We think it's fair to presume that Gonzalez has gone busto at some point during the first two levels.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
Busted

Tags: Fabrizio Gonzalez

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0