Brandon Demes raised to 900 from middle position and the big blind called. The flop came down 
and the big blind checked. Demes fired 1,500 and his opponent called.
The turn brought the 
and the big blind checked. Demes fired again, this time for 3,500. After the 
fell on the river, the big blind fired a bet of 4,000. Demes made the call.
The big blind rolled over the 
for a straight to beat Demes' 
for two pair. Demes dropped back to about 70,000 in chips.
Felipe Ramos just made a big call for a ton of chips on the flop of 
. Ramos called his opponent's all-in bet for about 30,000 with the 
. His opponent held just the 
for a flush draw.
The turn and river were the 
and 
to give Ramos a full house and propel his stack to a field-leading 120,000.
Both Felipe Ramos and Maro Masciotro have chipped nicely over the past few levels -- with a big pot thrown in here or there.
Currently Masciotro sits on just over 106,000 while Ramos sits on top of the leaderboard with a big blind or two under 120,000.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
