Main Event Day 1 | 2011 Latin American Poker Tour Peru

04-14-2011 22:05 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Rios	81,000 1,000	1,000
Nicasio Toranzo	65,000 13,000	13,000
Humberto Brenes	56,000 16,000	16,000

Fredy Torres	50,000 23,000	23,000

Joao Neto	47,000 9,000	9,000
Roberto Brenes	44,000 19,000	19,000
Alex Brenes	42,000 4,000	4,000
Karlo Lopez	40,000 2,000	2,000

Shirley Rosario	38,000 1,000	1,000
Francisco Picasso	35,000 23,000	23,000
Angel Guillen	28,000 10,000	10,000

Jorge Limon	26,000 7,000	7,000

Leo Fernandez	25,000 4,000	4,000

Alexandre Gomes	23,000 12,000	12,000

Daniela Zapiello	22,000 2,000	2,000
Alex Manzano	21,000 6,000	6,000

Jorge Arias	21,000 6,000	6,000

Cristian de Leon	19,000 4,000	4,000

James Honeybone	16,000 3,000	3,000
Veronica Dabul	15,000 5,000	5,000
Jorge Pereira	5,000 12,000	12,000
Jose Barbero	Busted

Amos Ben Haim	Busted
Leandro Csome	Busted

Play Resumes (Without Nacho)

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Level 5 : 150/300, 50 ante

Cards are back in the air. Jose "Nacho" Barbero's very short stack was an early casualty of the level.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

04-14-2011 21:25 UTC

Break Time

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Players are at the second break of the day. While you wait for play to recommence, check out our newest addition to the PokerNews on-air team, Nichole Pickering, as she gives us a tour of Miraflores:

04-14-2011 21:20 UTC

Barbero Plummeting

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Up then down, up then down. Jose Barbero's chip count has been all over the map in just four hours of play. As we approache the second break he's almost out, crippled all the way down to about 2,000 with blinds up to 150/300/50 in just a few minutes.

04-14-2011 21:10 UTC

Stacks and Hands, Hands and Stacks

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

We've found a few more players to keep our eyes on in the front section of the room. At neighboring tables Nicasio Toranzo of Argentina and Francisco Rios of Mexico are both closing in on 80,000 chips.

At the other end of the room, Jorge Limon is treading water at about 27,000. He played a three-way pot with Veronica Dabul and one other player that Dabul raised to 525 pre-flop. Limon, in the big blind, led out for 800 on a flop of {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {9-Clubs} . Both of his opponents called that bet. All three players checked the {5-Clubs} turn.

At the river {2-Hearts} , Limon's bet of 1,500 took down the pot uncontested.

Tags: Nicasio Toranzo Francisco Rios Jorge Limon

04-14-2011 20:43 UTC

Slow and Steady Wins the Race?

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

We need Leandro Csome to liven the proceedings.

"Lots of half hands," said one of the other media members. That's definitely the sense I have wandering around the room. While a few players are starting to circle the drain -- Amos Ben Haim, in particular, is down to 3,000 chips -- nobody is making a strong bid for the top. Hands that we expect to produce fireworks fizzle out. I watched one hand that was raised pre-flop to 700, called by the cutoff and button, then re-raised to 3,250 by the small blind. Only the button called the re-raise. I was expecting a big pot on a {3-Spades} {9-Clubs} {4-Clubs} flop, but the small blind's bet of 4,475 took down the pot.

One thing that's certain: I could permanently station myself at Jose "Nacho" Barbero's table and never run out of hands. Barbero is constantly involved in the action. His stack was north of 40,000 in the early part of the day, then dipped as low as 7,000 at one point. Right now he's sitting behind 27,000 but that's liable to change at any moment.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

04-14-2011 19:57 UTC

Updated Chip Counts

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A sweep of the room turned up the following stack sizes:

Player	Chips	Progress
Humberto Brenes	40,000 2,000	2,000

Shirley Rosario	39,000 4,000	4,000
Joao Neto	38,000 2,000	2,000
Alexandre Gomes	35,000 12,000	12,000

Jose Barbero	33,000 13,000	13,000

Jorge Limon	33,000

Fredy Torres	27,000

Jorge Arias	27,000 1,000	1,000

Alex Manzano	27,000 1,000	1,000

Roberto Brenes	25,000 7,000	7,000
Cristian de Leon	23,000 5,000	5,000

Leandro Csome	20,000 2,000	2,000
Veronica Dabul	20,000 3,000	3,000
James Honeybone	19,000 4,000	4,000
Angel Guillen	18,000 4,000	4,000

Jorge Pereira	17,000 1,000	1,000
Gualter Salles	16,000 3,000	3,000

Amos Ben Haim	12,000 7,000	7,000
Andre Akkari	5,700 9,300	9,300

04-14-2011 19:43 UTC

"Nacho" Chips; Gomes Straight Flush; Two Players to 50K

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Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Defending champion Jose "Nacho" Barbero was late to arrive, as is his custom. Yet as soon as he arrived he started firing at pots -- as is also his custom. Despite conceding a recent pot in which Barbero raised 500 pre-flop, then led 1,400 on the flop and another 3,400 on the turn, only to check-fold the river, {3-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {7-Spades} {10-Hearts} , Barbero already has 36,000 chips.

We also caught the tail end of a running straight flush for Alexandre Gomes at one of the outside tables. Gomes was deal {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} and flopped a flush draw, {3-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {10-} , then caught the {9-Diamonds} on the turn and {10-Diamonds} on the river for the straight flush. His opponent only had {k-} {6-} ; Gomes wasn't able to extract much value from that weak holding.

Two players have pushed their stacks past 50,000 chips. Abraham Hazin and Derek Lerner each have about 51,000 chips and are vying for the early chip lead.

Tags: Jose Barbero Alexandre Gomes Abraham Hazin Derek Lerner