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$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
$2,700 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2008 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$851,175
Total Entries
351
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 351
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Things started off slowly this afternoon. Very slowly, in fact. We were delayed by a full hour as the room was being prepared and the players were being organized and registered. Once we did get rolling at 1:00 pm, the players seemed content to let the action pass them by for a while, as they gathered a feel for the tournament and their opponents.
As we progressed through the day however, things sped up considerably; there was certainly no shortage of action. Among those who fell victim to Day 1's trials were PokerStars pros Chad Brown, Andre Akkari, and Barry Greenstein, as well as Brandon Cantu, David "Chino" Rheem, and Jason Mercier.
As the chips are being counted and bagged, it appears that Carter Gill is going to take the chip lead into Day 2. Quietly but steadily, he worked his way from 10,000 all the way up to 127,150, where he finished the day. Greg Raymer and Alex Brenes are among those hot on the heels of Gill, as is the better-known Brenes, Humberto. Humberto rode the short stack all day, but found himself on the increase when he moved to the featured table. Now, going into the second day, he is in the mix of those within striking distance of the leader.
We hope you enjoyed following along with us today. Play resumes at high noon local time tomorrow, when those 95 players will come back with new seats and a fresh crack at the title. The tournament staff has informed us that full chip counts will be available tomorrow morning, and we will post them for you as soon as possible. Until then, goodnight from Punta del Este!
It comes down
. Fitzgerald passes, and his opponent continues out with a bet of 3,500. Alex puts in a check-raise to 8,000, and his opponent makes the call.The turn is the
. Fitzgerald takes a minute to survey the situation and eye up the stack of the other player before announcing, "I'm all in." With no delay, his opponent folds."I could show you three kings. It doesn't matter, you had nothing," says Fitzgerald as he pulls in the pot. He has added on to his stack, and is now sitting with over 40,000.
From early position, he came in with a raise to 4,000 -- nearly half his stack. The betting came around to the big blind who moved all in, having Kroon covered. "H0" put his last 5,375 into the middle and turned over
. His opponent held 
.The dealer spread out the community cards:
-- safe for Kroon. With his kings holding, he dragged in a much-needed pot and has clawed his way back up over 20,000.
Halioua:
Carucha:
Despite having his man dominated, the board ran sour for Halioua. The flop came
, and another on the turn left him drawing dead to a chop. Halioua shipped a good chunk of his chips across the table, and now sits with 26,000.
and needed to improve to top Kilpatrick's 
.The flop came
, adding some outs to Brown's list. The 
on the turn gave him two more outs as well, but the river blanked off with the 
. Chad Brown failed to catch up, and he is eliminated from play late in Day 1.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Halioua:
Big Blind:
The turn brought a set of sevens for Halioua when it rolled out
. There were still a few outs for him to sweat though. The turn and river, however, came and 
, and Halioua sent his opponent to the rail. After adding those chips to his stack, Halioua has moved up to 43,000.
