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LAPT Punta del Este Main Event
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A total of 307 runners showed up at the wonderful Mantra Resort this afternoon, ready to duke it out in the third annual version of this event. Their entries generated a total prize pool in excess of $1,000,000. Neither of the previous two champions were on hand this time around, so we're guaranteed to crown a new victor come Saturday's final table.
A surprisingly solid contingent of familiar faces were in attendance, including Neil Channing, Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick, Jose "papadelpoker" de la Guardia, and Damian Salas. The Team PokerStars Pros were also very well represented, not surprisingly. Check out this list of those who represented their Latin American roots today:
Argentina: Leo Fernandez, Jose Ignacio Barbero, Veronica Dabul
Brazil: Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck, Alexandre Gomes, Andre Akkari, Gualter Salles
Costa Rica: Humberto Brenes
Mexico: Christian de León, Angel Guillen
And, representing his rather far-away roots, we had Pieter de Korver from the Netherlands. Unfortunately for many of the Team PokerStars Pros, including de Korver, Day 1 was a tough and unkind day. Salles was one of the first to make his exit, and he was soon joined on the rail by Gomes, Akkari, and Guillen.
The board tells us that 145 players have survived this opening day, though it's likely to be a shade fewer when the bags are tallied and verified. We're hedging our bets on Fuentes as the top dog, but there are more than a few players right within striking distance. We'll post the full overnight chip counts as soon as they're available to us.
That does it for Day 1 here. We'll see you right back here tomorrow at noon local time for what promises to be another riveting day on the felt. Until then, goodnight and buenas noches from Punta del Este!
On his third to last hand, he limped in from middle position. The player in the small blind went all in for just over 10,000 and Fuentes called immediately with
. His opponent tabled 
and found no help on the board as it rolled out 
.Fuentes ended day one as the chip leader with 118,000.
On a board showing
, Panno fired out a final bet of 8,500, nearly a full-pot bet. Brenes thought it over for just a minute before flicking in the calling chips. It was a bad call. Panno tabled 
for the straight, and Brenes could only chuckle. He twirled his cards in between his hands for a moment before flinging them back in the muck.We couldn't make out his cards, but the table seemed to agree that he had called with two pair. Either way, the chips go to Panno, pushing him up into what is likely the chip lead with 110,000.
To our eyes, nobody is currently over 100,000, despite several players having crossed that milestone at one point or another today. On the contrary, there are a huge group of players all hovering in the 60,000-70,000 range.
We'll have to see how this last half hour of action plays out. The clock shows 156 players remain.
Showdown
Limper:
de Leon:
The flop was, well, unkind to the at-risk Team PokerStars Pro. It came out
to give his opponent the straight and leave him drawing dead to a running miracle. The on the turn ended the hand right there, and a meaningless 
is the last river card de Leon will see today. He's been eliminated.
Showdown
Lama:
Calderon:
Lama stood from his chair, but he sat right back down when the
fell in the window. The board ran out 
, and those trip aces earn Calderon the double up. He's moved to 24,000, dropping Lama down to about 14,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
