One player checked the flop of to Dan Frank. He fired a bet of 1,625 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river completed the board with the and the first player checked. Frank fired 1,100 and his opponent called.
Frank tabled the , but his opponent tabled the for a better two pair. Frank slipped to 18,000 in chips.
On the flop of , Joe Cada fired 1,200. His opponent raised all in for about 7,000 and Cada couldn't make the call, almost immediately mucking his hand. Cada started off the day with a nice, early boost to get to 30,000 in chips, but has since slid the other way. He's down below the starting stack now and sitting on 19,500.
After the hand, Cada went over to his agent Dan Frank and explained how painful it is for him to sit at his table. "Every hand takes over five minutes," he said.
At most poker tournaments around the world, the clock displaying the blinds and how long remains in each level normally also displays the number of players that started, and that remain.
Unfortunately here at LAPT Florianopolis, the clock may have the blinds and time remaining in the level, but it doesn't inform everyone in the surrounding tournament area exactly how many players started and how many remain.
From our calculations with forty tables in play at the start of the day, and the majority of them being ten-handed, we devise that roughly 370 players began the day.
With only thirty-two tables still in operation, all at nine-handed minus some empty seats, it leaves roughly 285 players still in the tournament.
Until we get an exact number from the LAPT staff, we are going to stick with our astute calculations!
Gualter Salles opened to 750 from under the gun and was met with a call from a player on the button and the big blind.
Salles announced a bet that sounded similar to 800 when the flop fell as both his opponents instantly folded to see Salles collect the pot to move to over 25,000 in chips.
A massively loud yell of "Vamos!" came from across the room before we walked over to see what happened. Dan Frank was scooping a pot as he just doubled up through an opponent with pocket queens. Earlier, Frank let us know that he was going to double and then yell out after he did so. Both proved to be true. Here's what Frank said happened.
Frank opened from mid-late position to 800. His opponent called from later position and the two saw the flop come down with two spades. Frank checked and his opponent fired 1,000. Frank raised to 3,400 and his opponent quickly called.
The turn brought the and Frank fired 4,600. He left himself with only 1,600 behind and his opponent shoved in. Frank called it off, holding the . His opponent had with no spade.
The river completed the board with an and Frank was pushed the pot.He's now got about 21,000 in chips.
Brandon Demes opened with a raise to 700 and got a call from the hijack seat and the small blind before the big blind reraised to 3,100. Demes put in another raise, making it 7,800 total. The hijack and small blind both folded. The big blind went into the tank, but eventually mucked his hand and Demes picked up the pot preflop. He's now up to 49,500.
Alexandre Gomes opened to 800 from under the gun and found a caller from the cutoff before the big blind bumped it to 2,300.
With the action back on Gomes, he deliberated for nearly ninety seconds before four-betting to 5,900.
The cutoff quickly folded, before the big blind went deep into the tank for nearly three minutes before sliding his 21,000-chip stack all in. Gomes made the call for his last 19,125, and we were to a showdown.
Gomes:
Opponent:
The board ran out a rather undramatic to see Gomes make his way to the rail to extend the growing list of PokerStars Team Pros on the rail.
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, Matthias Habernig was faced with a bet of 4,400 into a pot of roughly the same size.
and 
on the turn and river ensured the pot was pushed to Habernig as he sent his opponent to the rail in an ugly set-over-set situation.
to Dan Frank. He fired a bet of 1,625 and his opponent called.
for a better two pair. Frank slipped to 18,000 in chips.
, Joe Cada fired 1,200. His opponent raised all in for about 7,000 and Cada couldn't make the call, almost immediately mucking his hand. Cada started off the day with a nice, early boost to get to 30,000 in chips, but has since slid the other way. He's down below the starting stack now and sitting on 19,500.
with two spades. Frank checked and his opponent fired 1,000. Frank raised to 3,400 and his opponent quickly called.
and Frank fired 4,600. He left himself with only 1,600 behind and his opponent shoved in. Frank called it off, holding the 
. His opponent had 
with no spade.
and Frank was pushed the pot.He's now got about 21,000 in chips.
kept Lee in front, but the 
to see Gomes make his way to the rail to extend the growing list of PokerStars Team Pros on the rail.