Players Taking Their Seats
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We're doing something a little different here at LAPT Peru.
Because of some very last-minute unforeseen circumstances, there's only one PokerNews blogger here at the desk at LAPT Peru (me!). As a result, instead of giving a mostly-live blog of the events as they unfold, I'll be attempting to provide an update every half-hour or so of the general flow of tournament events. All photos that accompany the blog are being graciously provided by the PokerStarsBlog photographer Carlos Monti.
A half hour into play things are still just getting started. Players continue to wander in one and two at a time, with a short line of players still at the registration cage waiting to buy in. Ten stacks are out at each table for now; we imagine that play will move to nine-handed as quickly as possible.
Team PokerStars Pro is represented (so far!) by Humberto Brenes, Andre Akkari, Alexandre Gomes, Cristian de Leon, Angel Guillen, Leo Fernandez and Gualter Salles. Other notable faces in the field include Jorge Pereira, Veronica Dabul, Roberto Brenes, Joao Neto, LAPT Brazil champion Alex Manzano and American Shirley Rosario, who is already up to about 40,000 after flopping a set of 8s against an opponent's pocket queens.