Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Chile
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Chile
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
651
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,300 | |
|
128,300 | |
|
|
126,200 | |
|
124,100 | |
|
122,200 | |
|
121,200 | |
|
|
106,500 | |
|
|
105,100 | |
|
|
103,900 | |
|
|
100,100 | |
|
|
99,500 | |
|
|
98,000 | 14,000 |
|
|
88,100 | |
|
|
84,000 | |
|
|
81,400 | |
|
|
75,400 | |
|
|
73,000 | |
|
|
70,100 | |
|
|
69,500 | |
|
|
67,100 | |
|
|
63,000 | |
|
|
62,200 | |
|
59,300 | -5,700 |
|
|
56,700 | |
|
56,100 | 18,100 |
Chileans Dominate Claiming the Top Five End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Season 5 of the Latin American Poker Tour kicked off Wednesday at the Enjoy Casino & Resort in Vina del Mar, Chile. This marked the third time the LAPT had visited the “Vineyard by the Sea,” and the second time since 2010 when a tragic earthquake forced the cancellation of the event.
Last year a massive 621 players took to the felt, constituting the largest LAPT event in history up until that point. Brazilian Murilo Figueredo won that event for $146,000 and set the stage for this year’s highly anticipated tournament.
Day 1a ended up drawing players from as far away as the United States, New Zealand and Australia, who combined with the hundreds of players from South America to form a world-class tournament. When registration closed, the official number of players was pegged at 284 players, a number that ought to be eclipsed by Day 1b’s field; in fact, officials and players alike are waiting with bated breath to see if 338 register, which would surpass last year’s total.
Day 1a kicked off with a bang as Daniela Horno, who finished in sixth place in this very event last year, got off to a quick start and established herself as the early chip leader. Horno continued to climb and she ended the day with 122,200. That was a big stack, but not nearly as big as the chip leader, Waldermar Barrientos, who bagged up 140,300. Other players who advanced to Day 2 included twin brothers Luis Perez (59,300) and Carlos Perez (36,700); former LAPT final tablist Brent Sheirbon (56,100), and reigning LAPT Player of the Year Pablo Gonzalez (32,500)
Unfortunately not everyone was so lucky. A plethora of notables hit the rail throughout the ten levels of play including James Honeybone, Jonathan Markovits, Brian Gitter, Stuart McDonald, Rodrigo Arguello, Jamie Atelenoff and Team PokerStars Pros Freddy Torres (Online) and Leo Fernandez (Argentina).
Joining Barrientos and Horno toward the top of the chip counts are Jaime Farriol (128,300), Sebastian Rios (126,200) and Carlos Munoz (124,100). The approximately 89 remaining players will return on Friday for Day 2, while a whole new set of players will take their seats at Noon CLST for Day 1b. Of course you can follow all the action right here on PokerNews as we patrol the floors of the Enjoy Casino & Resort for all the latest and greatest poker action.
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Panno Sent Packing
We didn't catch the hand, but we can confirm that Ernesto Panno was eliminated during the last four hands of the evening. Panno had been clinging to a short stack for quite some time, but he couldn't ride it into Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Four More Hands
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The clock has been paused with 15 minutes remaining in the level and the tournament staff has announced that four more hands will be dealt before play concludes for the day.
Kings Put an End to Torres' Day
We're not sure of the action, but we do know that PokerStars Team Online member Freddy Torres was all in preflop holding 
and up against the 
of his opponent on the button.
Torres knew it was a bad spot and rose from his seat; however, he hesitated after the 
flop delivered him an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for him, neither the 
turn nor 
river would fill it and he was dispatched with just 20 minutes left in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Rodriguez Eliminated
We're not sure how it happened, but Giovanni Rodriguez has been eliminated from the tournament. For those who don't know, Rodrigues is a world-class paralympic table tennis player, which you can read more about over at the PokerStars Blog.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Perez Back On Track
Having lost with ace-king to ace-deuce in the previous level, Luis Perez let out a nice fist pump when it held this time around.
He had opened the action with a raise to 2,700 in middle position and was called by the player on the button. Over in the big blind, an opponent shoved for 27,300. Perez isolated with a shove of his own.
Showdown
Perez: 
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
to give Perez a nice boost in the middle stages of Level 10.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | 30,000 |
Horno Headed Back in the Right Direction
As the field is reduced, tables are being broke and players shifted around. One such player was Daniela Horno, who was relocated to the feature table. It was there that she raised to 3,700 from middle position and found a caller in the small blind. When the flop came down 
, the small blind checked and Horno fired out 6,000. It was enough to take down the pot, and Horno flashed the before raking in the pot, which brought her stack up to 114,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
114,000 | 21,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200