Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Florianopolis
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net LAPT Florianopolis
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
364
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Day One In The Bag; Habernig Leads!
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After an intense day of tournament poker, Day One of the inaugural PokerStars.net LAPT Florianopolis Main Event has come to an end!
356 players took to the felt eight levels ago to contest one of Brazil's biggest poker tournaments in their short poker history.
Andre Akkari, Alexandre Gomes, Christian de Leon, Gualter Salles, Humberto Brenes and reigning World Champion Joe Cada were all casualties throughout the day, along with two-time back-to-back LAPT Champion Jose Ignacio Barbero. As play closed in on the final bell, Elliot Lee, Victor Ramdin and Maridu Mayrinck all bite the dust as 187 players finished the day like they started -- with chips!
Although the chip lead was possessed by a number of different players throughout the day, it will be Matthias Habernig leading the field into Day Two with an amassed 130,350 in chips. Snapping at his heels include Felipe Ramos (105,900), Mario Masciotro (102,975) and Rafael Pinheiro (98,625).
WSOP Bracelet holder and Team PokerStars Mexico member Angel Guillen is still in contention with 75,100 in chips, while Ross Bybee (67,450), Brandon Demes (41,975) and Veronica Dabul (25,225) are also still in the hunt.
The PokerNews team will again be on the floor providing exclusive coverage from 12:00pm BRT tomorrow, as the action heats up here at the PokerStars.net LAPT Florianopolis!
Mayrinck Exits
Unfortunately Maridu Mayrinck is the latest casualty.
She was last seen vacating her chair and making her way towards the door.
Fernandez Busts One
Ross Bybee limped from early position, but before he did so Leo Fernandez raised to 1,500. Bybee was going to raise, but first put out a call and this caused a bunch of confusion. It was ruled that he had only called, keeping Fernandez's raise out there for 1,500, he wasn't allowed to pull it back as the action didn't change.
Action then moved to the button and he reraised all in for 10,050. Everyone folded back to Fernandez, who made the call. He held the 
and the all-in player held pocket eights.
The flop contained an ace as the board ran out 
and Fernandez won the pot. He eliminated the player and bumped his stack to 56,000 in chips.
Pinheiro Finds Ace on River
With a substantial pot developing and the board reading 
, we found Rafael Pinheiro having his opponent all in.
Pinheiro: 
Opponent: 
With Pinheiro being outdrawn on the turn, he would amazingly spike the 
on the river to see him eliminate his opponent and collect the pot to move to 115,000 in chips.
Lee Legged
Walking over to Elliot Lee's table, we found him collecting his belongings before making his way out the door.
Asking tablemate Maridu Mayrinck, she informed us that Lee held 
against an opponent's 
, and after a flop of (X) fell down, Lee saw the last of chips enter the middle.
For the SCOOP title holder, he wouldn't find any improvement, and consequently was calling it a night a little prematurely.
Both Brenes' Bust
Unfortunately for the Costa Rican fans out there, both Humberto Brenes and his son Jose have been eliminated.
We are unsure of how they were sent to the rail, but their chairs are empty and will soon be filled by players that most likely don't have card shark protectors!
Gualter Gone
Gualter Salles found himself all in holding 
against an opponent's 
.
The board blanked out to see the Team PokerStars Brazil Pro eliminated from the LAPT Florianopolis.
Ramdin Crippled
Victor Ramdin opened to 1,100 from early position only to have an opponent three-bet to 2,450 from the cutoff.
Ramdin made the call, and when the 
flop fell, he dropped in a stack of chips to put his opponent all in for his last 10,525. His opponent obliged, and we were off to a showdown.
Ramdin: 
Opponent: 
The turn landed the 
to reduce Ramdin's straight outs by two, and when the river landed the 
, he slipped to 6,100 after doubling his opponent up.
Can't Win 'Em All, Kid
After a player opened to 1,100 from middle position, action folded around to the small blind and he reraised to 3,500. Joe Cada was in the big blind with 10,700 chips behind and a decision to make. He tanked for a little bit before sticking his entire stack in the middle for a total all-in bet of 11,100. The original raiser folded and then the small blind quickly made the call. He held the 
, one step ahead of the 
for Cada. Much like he did when he won the WSOP Main Event last year, Cada would need to suck out.
Cada came from behind numerous times during the WSOP Main Event final table, but he couldn't get over this hump. No help came on the board of 
and he made his exit from the room.
Although Cada didn't make a deep run here at LAPT Florianopolis, his presence has definitely been felt and will continue to be. Some Main Event champions don't travel the world circuit looking to embrace poker and be the face of the game, but that's not how Cada has spent his time since winning last year. He's been all over the globe representing poker as a true ambassador for the game. It's not often that the poker community of Brazil get to mingle with a world champion and they've been able to do just that for the past couple days, a real treat. He put smiles on the faces of all the poker players and fans here along with capturing many memories with them; whether it be a photo, an autograph or just a shake of the hand.
With his LAPT Main Event over, Cada can now kick back and relax in Brazil with the local players who can only dream of winning the big one like Cada did back in 2009. Surely he'll have some great stories to tell and experiences of a lifetime.