2011 LAPT Brazil

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 LAPT Brazil

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
65
Prize
R$615,840
Event Info
Buy-in
R$4,600
Entries
536
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
11Caio BritesBrazil223,000
12Rodrigo PortaleoniBrazil77,000
13Amos Ben HaimChile687,000
14Raphael MartinsBrazil374,000
15Joao BauerBrazil1,089,000
16Santiago NadalMexico262,000
17Bruno PolitanoBrazil766,000
18Gerardo GodinezMexico656,000
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
21Eduardo CostaBrazil102,000
22Omar MieteParaguay142,000
23Walter OaquimBrazil171,000
24Marcio MottaBrazil203,000
25Cesar PlazaCanada198,000
26Alex ManzanoChile1,189,000
27Fabio ColoneseBrazil525,000
28Jose Carlos RodriguesColumbia252,000
TableSeatPlayerCountryChips
31Henrique BernardesBrazil514,000
32Cristian VelasquezChile421,000
33Leandro CsomeArgentina959,000
34Daniela ZapielloBrazil235,000
35Marcelo FonsecaBrazil303,000
36Juan ParraChile103,000
37Humberto BrenesCosta Rica601,000
38Miguel LugoVenezuela464,000

Manzano is the Apple of Day 2's Eye

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Alex Manzano leads heading into Day 3.
Alex Manzano leads heading into Day 3.

I'm not going to lie. I was all set to write a "Jack Bauer"-themed recap of the action on Day 2 of the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour São Paulo Main Event. It was going to be a brilliant on Brazil's João Bauer, who was leading things late. Then, in the final two hours of play, Chile's Alex Manzano threw a big ol' wrench into those plans.

Manzano, you see, turned into a set-flopping machine and started eliminating players almost at will. In rapid succession he took out three players: Alexis Zervos, against whom Manzano flopped top set and then faded a flush draw; Neuri Jose Campos, who got it in pre-flop with ace-king against Manzano's pocket queens, set on the flop for Manzano; and perhaps the run-best of them all, João Torres, whose pocket kings went down in flames to Manzano's pocket fours, all-in pre-flop for about 500,000, when Manzano flopped a third four.

I should be fair to Manzano. Although he ran great at the end of the day, he also played well in the early and middle stages of play. He put himself in a position to take each of those late-day hands to the river without putting himself at risk of busting by selectively and aggressively chipping up throughout the day.

Manzano wasn't the only person who chipped up by playing great. Although Manzano is at the head of the class with 1,189,000 chips, he has a few excellent competitors barely trailing him. The aforementioned João Bauer is next in line with 1,089,000 chips, thanks in no small part to a pot worth about 800,000 chips in which Bauer's pocket kings out-flopped Marcelo Andrade's pocket aces, all-in pre-flop. Right behind Bauer is Day 1 chip leader Leandro Csome. He put on a big-stack clinic on the bubble of the tournament by constantly putting his shorter-stacked competitors to the test for all of their chips. Csome flirted with 1,000,000 in chips late in the day before ultimately settling at 959,000.

Rounding out the Top Five are Bruno Foster (766,000) and Amos Ben Haim (687,000). Also still alive and returning tomorrow are Team PokerStar Pro (Costa Rica) Humberto Brenes (601,000) and Daniela Zapiello (235,000), a previous LAPT final tablist and the only woman remaining in the field.

Tomorrow the remaining 24 players will return at 1pm local time to play down to a final table of 8. We expect that process to take somewhere between six and eight hours, a relatively quick day compared to the lengthy first two days of this event. Until then, you can find us at the bar.

Tags: Alex ManzanoJoão BauerLeandro Csome

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Alex Manzano cl
Alex Manzano
1,189,000 -136,000
Joao Bauer
Joao Bauer
1,089,000 5,000
Leandro Csome
Leandro Csome
959,000 109,000
Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
766,000 -4,000
Amos Ben Haim
Amos Ben Haim
687,000 77,000
Gerardo Godinez
Gerardo Godinez
656,000 86,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
601,000 1,000
Fabio Colonese
Fabio Colonese
525,000 23,000
Henrique Bernardes
Henrique Bernardes
514,000 114,000
Miguel Lugo
Miguel Lugo
464,000 406,500
Cristian Velasquez
Cristian Velasquez
421,000 381,000
Raphael Martins
Raphael Martins
374,000 14,000
Marcelo Fonseca
Marcelo Fonseca
303,000 278,300
Santiago Nadal us
Santiago Nadal
262,000 -23,000
Jose Carlos Rodrigues
Jose Carlos Rodrigues
252,000 67,000
Daniela Zapiello
Daniela Zapiello
235,000 10,000
Caio Brites br
Caio Brites
223,000 183,000
Marcio Motta
Marcio Motta
203,000 -17,000
Cesar Plaza
Cesar Plaza
198,000 -17,000
Walter Oaquim
Walter Oaquim
171,000 61,000
Omar Miete
Omar Miete
142,000 85,400
Juan Parra
Juan Parra
103,000 27,700
Eduardo Costa
Eduardo Costa
102,000 52,000
Rodrigo Portaleoni br
Rodrigo Portaleoni
77,000 -243,000

Mancini's Elimination Ends Day 2

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The severely short-stacked Angelo Mancini looked down at two face cards, {k-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}, and moved all in for 51,000. Action passed two spots to Amos Ben Haim, who had been dealt pocket queens, {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}. He re-raised to clear everyone else out. A queen-high flop, {7-Spades}{q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, left Mancini drawing at runners that didn't come. He has been eliminated in 25th place and play has paused for the night.

We'll have a full wrap of the day's events in a few moments.

Tags: Alex ManciniAmos Ben Haim

Four Ball, Corner Pocket

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Joao Torres was all in preflop for just about 500,000 holding the {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. He was crushing the {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} for Alex Manzano, but that all changed just moments after the money went in.

The flop rolled out {10-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs} and Manzano picked up a set of fours to take the lead. The turn brought the {6-Spades} and the river the {J-Spades}. Torres did not hold a spade to make a flush and Manzano's come-from-behind set finished him off.

Manzano is up to about 1.325 million in chips now.

Tags: Joao TorresAlex Manzano

Lots of Action

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes

We've had two all-in bets called on two different tables in the first five minutes of Level 19. In the first, the short-stack survived to double up from 51,000 to 110,000 with kings against queens.

Immediately thereafter, Jorge Pereira opened to 35,000 pre-flop. Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes in the small blind, who moved all in, a raise of about 250,000 back to Pereira. Pereira called with {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} and was racing Brenes' {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}. It was the {j-Spades} in the window, prompting Brenes to raise his arms in the air and shout "HUMBERTO!" The rest of the flop was {j-Spades}{a-Spades}{10-Clubs}, giving Pereira a straight draw. He picked up a flush draw as well with the {6-Clubs} turn.

"No no no," said Brenes to the dealer. The river {6-Hearts} didn't didn't didn't help Pereira. His whole stack now belongs to Brenes, who's up to about 600,000.

Tags: Humberto BrenesJorge Pereira

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Joao Bauer
Joao Bauer
1,084,000 -86,000
Leandro Csome
Leandro Csome
850,000 -160,000
Bruno Politano br
Bruno Politano
770,000 150,000
Alex Manzano cl
Alex Manzano
740,000 -255,000
Amos Ben Haim
Amos Ben Haim
610,000
Gerardo Godinez
Gerardo Godinez
570,000
Fabio Colonese
Fabio Colonese
502,000 17,000
Raphael Martins
Raphael Martins
360,000 20,000
Rodrigo Portaleoni br
Rodrigo Portaleoni
320,000 90,000
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
310,000 45,000
Santiago Nadal us
Santiago Nadal
285,000 -335,000
Jorge Pereira
Jorge Pereira
270,000 170,000
Daniela Zapiello
Daniela Zapiello
225,000 35,000
Cesar Plaza
Cesar Plaza
215,000 100,000
Jose Carlos Rodrigues
Jose Carlos Rodrigues
185,000 -100,000
Walter Oaquim
Walter Oaquim
110,000 -40,000