Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen is down to 5,150 from his starting stack of 20,000. On a flop of , one player checked and Guillen fired 700. The next player raised to 1,700 before the first player reraised all in for 14,025. Guillen tanked and tanked with 5,150 behind and eventually folded. The other player also folded.
After a player in middle position raised to 525, Maria Stern called from the next seat. Action then folded to the player on the button and he reraised to 1,925. The blinds and the original raiser folded, but Stern wanted to see a flop.
The flop came down and Stern checked. Her opponent had position on her and stayed aggressive with a bet of 3,300. Stern gave it up and dropped back to 30,000. She's still up though as everyone began the day with 20,000 in chips.
Five players saw the flop for 600 each and it came down . Everyone checked to the last player and he fired a bet of 1,000. The first two players folded, the third one called and then chip leader Hobart Adkins raised to 4,000. Both his remaining opponents folded and he won the pot. Adkins was kind enough to show and revealed the for a flopped two pair. He's up to about 88,000 now.
The players are on their second 15-minute break of the day. While you wait, check out Lynn Gilmartin's attempted tour around Sao Paulo, until the rain came:
After a few folds, Leo Fernandez opened pre-flop to 775. Action passed to the small blind, who re-raised to 2,150. At the same time, Humberto Brenes knocked over a can of guarana, spilling some onto the table in front of his stack.
While Brenes frantically rubbed a paper napkin on the spreading stain on the felt, Fernandez called the re-raise. His opponent led out for 3,150 on a king-high flop, . Brenes' efforts resulted in lots of little bits of paper napkin sprinkling the felt on top of the stain as the napkin began to disintegrate under Brenes' hand. Fernandez said something in Portuguese to Brenes, making a dabbing motion on the table, then folded his hand. He's down to about 17,000. For his part, Brenes needs a new can of guarana.
The final number for the Latin American Poker Tour Sao Paulo Main Event is 536 entrants. As we mentioned before, that number crushes the previous LAPT record for field size and make this event the largest one ever. The top 64 spots will be paid out from the R$2,391,630 prizepool. Just finishing in the money will earn a player R$9,570. The winner will walk away with a whopping R$615,840, or about USD $370,000. Below are the payouts for the final table.
After cresting at about 89,000 chips, Hobart Adkins is slowly falling back to Earth. He's down to 69,000 after being part of a five-way flop for 850 chips. Adkins had the button and made a small lead of 1,200 after everyone else checked a king-high flop, . One player folded before the pre-flop raiser check-raised to 5,275. THere was no further action as all other players (including Adkins) folded.