2011 Latin American Poker Tour Peru

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 Latin American Poker Tour Peru

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$207,400
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,300
Entries
350
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Trouble for Ospina

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Joao "Jack Bauer" Neto is the new leader.
Joao "Jack Bauer" Neto is the new leader.

We didn't catch the hand, but it looks like former chip leader Daniel Ospina has taken a hit at the hand of Hugo Kahan. Kahan's stack is up to 269,000, while Ospina's has dipped to about 257,000. That makes Joao Neto's 375,000 the new tournament-leading stack.

On the family front, father-son team Humberto and Roberto Brenes both remain in the tournament with about 80,000 chips each. Family Lerner also remains strong. Brother Aaron is trying to grind up his sort stack, while brother Derek contends with a rampaging Joao Neto at his table. Derek has slipped to 205,000 after conceding a small pot to Neto at the river, warning him first to "keep trying" and leaving unspoken the retribution he seeks to exact.

Never Count Out Jack Bauer

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Joao "Jack Bauer" Neto is a player who made a big charge on Day 2 of LAPT Brazil. It was thought that he would be the first Brazilian player to capture an LAPT title, but he came up just short and fell in 2nd place to champion Lisandro Csome.

Neto is repeating his Day 2 charge here in Lima. He's now just barely behind overnight chip leader Daniel Ospina. The two players are sitting at adjoining tables, Neto with 327,000 in chipa and Ospina with 345,000. As far as we can tell, that's 100,000 more than the third-place stack of Derek Lerner (227,000). It's still a long way to go and anything can happen but right now Ospina and Neto are the players to beat.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Break Time

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

While the entire poker world tries to process the enormity of what happened in the U.S. this morning, the remaining 87 players here in Lima have been sent on their first break of the day.

Movers and Shakers

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Daniel Ospina is crushing dreams and owning souls at Table 4. He's up to 330,000 in chips. Closely trailing him is Joao Neto, who has more than doubled his Day 2 starting count to about 300,000. Our colleagues at PokerStarsBlog caught Neto in an early hand in which he flopped a set of treys against Mauricio Zeman's pocket aces and doubled to 170,000. He's been flying high since then.

On the other end of the spectrum, we had to bid a sad farewell to American Shirely Rosario. She moved in for about 40,000 after Victor Shuchleib opened for 5,000 and was called by one player. Shuchleib called with pocket 7s against Rosario's {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs} and hit a seven on the flop to seal the deal.

The room is buzzing right now not with talk of the tournament, but with talk of the stunning announcement out of New York a short time ago of a massive U.S. federal indictment against the three largest poker sites in the world. It's all anyone not involved in a hand can talk about.

Tags: Shirley Rosario

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Ospina Cuts Down One Brenes; One Lerner Still Firing; Guillen Re-Building

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Andre Akkari's seat
Andre Akkari's seat

Daniel Ospina has claimed his first victim of the day at the expense of Family Brenes. It was a cooler for Alex Brenes when he ran his queens into Ospina's kings. Alex is the first Brenes to bust from the tournament.

At the other end of the room, Derek Lerner is putting lots of pressure on his table with constant raises and re-raises. He seems firmly in control. One table away, Angel Guillen is back up to 75,000 after taking an early hit. He played a big pot against Jimmy Castano. Castano check-called 3,600 on a flop of {j-Hearts}{4-Spades}{a-Spades} and 7,100 on the {2-Spades} turn. He checked a third time when the river fell {q-Clubs}.

Guillen sized up Castano's remaining stack of roughly 40,000 and then bet that amount. Castano tanked for three minutes before folding.

On a more somber note, Someone has draped a Brazilian flag over the empty chair that should be occupied by Andre Akkari this afternoon. As mentioned earlier, the well-regarded Akkari has returned to Brazil after the death last night of his father. Akkari is not the only no-show today; so far Miguel Velaso is also yet to turn up.

Lerner Family Rising; Ospina Biding His Time

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Yesterday we focused on one family of players that made it through to Day 2 -- Humberto, Alex and Roberto Brenes -- at the expense of another. Brothers Derek and Aaron Lerner are both in the Day 2 field. Derek started the day with 83,600 chips and has already busted one player and moved another off of pocket queens. He's into six-figure territory. His brother Aaron has to be a little more cautious as he only had 46,800 chips to start play.

The overnight chip leader, Daniel Ospina, hasn't made much noise yet. We saw him win the blinds a few times and otherwise play a small pot against Alex Brenes. Brenes opened pre-flop for 3,700, then checked an all-Broadway flop of {j-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. Ospina checked behind. Brenes tried a bet of 4,000 on the {7-Diamonds} turn, then checked after Ospina called to the {6-Clubs} river. Ospina checked behind, then mucked his hand to Brenes' pair of kings, {k-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}.

On the short stack front, Brad Stebeleski survived a flip situation, all in pre-flop with pocket sixes against an opponent's {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. Stebeleski's opponent flopped a king, but Stebeleski found his two-outer six on the turn.

Tags: Daniel OspinaBrad StebeleskiAlex BrenesAaron LernerDerek Lerner

The Bad Beats Begin

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

As we're getting the lay of the Day 2 land and figuring out who is where, we're already witnessing the first of what will inevitably be a long day of bad beats. Enio Bozzano put his short stack into the middle on Table 2 with pocket jacks and ran into Wiggers Vanilson's pocket kings. No problem; a jack on the flop gave Bozzano a set and the winning hand. "Un-f***ing-believable!" muttered Vanilson.

The field is operating at eight-handed tables today. Play will remain eight-handed all the way through the end of the tournament.