Maridu Mayrinck already put a big bump in the road for Jose Ignacio Barbero if he wants to make if three LAPT titles in a row. Mayrinck held pocket nines and flopped a set against Barbero's pocket aces. She took a big pot from Barbero to push her stack to roughly 39,000 while Barbero was left with just 7,000 in chips. It's still early and that's still 140 big blinds, but Barbero isn't too happy at the moment.
Five players committed 175 preflop to see a 
flop.
The action was checked round to see the land on the turn and Team PokerStars Online member Diego Brunelli fired out 475 after the action was checked through to him.
Both the blinds folded, before Brunelli was met with one call and one more fold as the 
landed on the river.
Both Brunelli and his opponent checked it through to see the Brunelli's opponent table his 
to collect the pot as Brunelli mucked and slipped to a still rather healthy 28,000 in chips.
Action folded over to Dominik Nitsche and he raised to 150. The player in the next seat reraised to 400. Nitsche made the call and the flop came down 
. Both players checked the flop to see the 
fall on the turn.
Nitsche checked and his opponent fired 600. Nitsche made the call.
The river completed the board with the 
and Nitsche checked again. His opponent fired a hefty 3,000. Nitsche thought for a moment and then called it off. His opponent showed the 
and won the pot. Nitsche only showed the 
.
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
A few more photos from the floor of the LAPT Florianopolis Main Event.
On the board of 
, Angel Guillen fired out 2,500. Andre Akkari raised his bet to 5,400. Guillen tanked for a minute and then reraised to 17,100, enough to put Akkari all in. Akkari thought and thought before finally calling off his last 12,000 or so. He held the 
, but his behind the 
of Guillen.
The river completed the board with the 
and failed to put Akkari back in the lead. He lost the pot and was sent to the rail. Guillen moved to nearly 50,000 in chips.
On a board reading 
and the pot sitting at 2,350, Jose Ignacio Barbero checked the action over to Angel Guillen.
The Mexican fired out a bet of 1,500 to put Barbero deep into the tank as he slowly riffled the last of his remaining 5,550 in chips.
Several minutes went past as Barbero looked visibly distraught while contemplating this decision.
Eventually the two exchanged some inaudible banter before Barbero open-folded his 
.
As Guillen collected the pot to move to 46,800, he casually flashed the 
while slowly letting a cheeky smile out in the direction of Barbero.
Over on table 24, we find two of our notables looking as miserable as the weather Florianopolis has provided us!
Both Veronica Dabul and Dominik Nitsche are sitting relatively short in chips with the Team PokerStars Argentina Pro sitting on 12,625, while the 2009 LAPT Mar del Plata Champion is in more of a dire position with 6,525.
On the bright side, both do seem to be playing patiently, so an early elimination is unlikely at this stage.
With the final board reading 
, Elliot Lee checked to his opponent and Team PokerStars Pro Argentina member Jose Ignacio Barbero. Barbero fired all in for 3,375. Lee took a moment and then made the call.
Barbero turned up the 
for a full house, kings full of threes. He doubled back to 10,700. Lee showed the and dropped back to 10,150.
On a board reading 
and with around 3,100 in the pot, Elliot Lee checked the action to his opponent from the blinds.
Tossing out a blue 5,000-denomination chip while uttering an amount in Portuguese, Lee mulled over his decision for a few moments before tossing in two 1,000-denomination chips to make the call.
Unfortunately he didn't understand the bet amount, and was forced to toss in another 200 in chips while tabling his 
.
Lee's two-pair however, would be the less superior hand as his opponent table his for a backdoor flush to collect the pot, and send Lee down to 7,400 in chips.
