Bem-vindo a São Paulo!
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Season 4 of the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour is starts this morning in fabulous São Paulo, Brazil. Players from all over South America and the world have convened at the World Trade Center Sheraton in the heart of this thriving Brazilian city -- the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere, with a population of approximately 11 million -- for some high-stakes poker action. Tournament officials have already notified us that they expect this tournament field to be the biggest in the history of the LAPT.
The heavens opened yesterday afternoon, creating some serious flooding problems around the city, but today the sun is shining bright. Nobody will have an opportunity to sleep off a hangover from last night's banging welcome party at the Museum nightclub, where the caipirinhas were flowing very late into the night. All of the players in this tournament will start in a single, giant Day 1 field today. They're looking at six full levels of play before a 75-minute dinner break, and then another four levels of post-dinner play (structure sheet). The chip bags won't be out until around midnight.
Between now and then there will be plenty of action on which to report. Cards will be in the air in about 15 minutes, so stick around.