Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 100
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final
Buy-in
$3,700
Prize Pool
$1,343,100
Entries
367
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Play Resumes
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Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
With bellies full of delicious Brazilian food, the players are back in their seats, and the cards are back in the air.
We'll play four levels here in the after-dinner session.
Angel Falls
Level 7
: 300/600, 100 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen has been eliminated from the tournament. According to Guillen, he got his entire stack in preflop holding 
against two queens. An ace flopped, but a queen turned and that was the end of the line for Guillen.
De Melo De-molished
Fatima Moreira de Melo was down under 10,000 chips when she took her stand, shoving first into the pot from middle position with ace-jack. A couple seats over, a gentleman with a big stack called her down with pocket nines, and de Melo could not catch up. The board ran out 
, and we've lost the other half of our Dutch duo here in São Paulo.
The region's hopes now lie in Belgium's Matthias De Meulder.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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Speak of the Devil...
We just mentioned Matthias De Meulder, so we figured it was a good time to go check on him. When we approached, he was involved in a heads-up pot. The turn of the 
board was already out there, and a gentleman we don't recognize was leading the betting. He made it 2,100 into a pot of about 4,000, and De Meulder studied and called to see the river.
It was the 
, and Mr. Opponent made a repeat bet of 2,100. De Meulder cut the call from his stack and paused to consider, but he eventually decided a raise was in order. He grabbed a stack of uncounted chips and stuck about 9,200 of them into the middle. We never got the count because a snap-fold came from Mr. Opponent as soon as the chips crossed the line.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
|
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Levi Picks One Up
Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 26,000. Cory Levi made the call from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Levi bet 3,600 and his opponent folded. Levi moved to 26,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000
350
|
350 |
Levesque Doubles One Up
Eric Levesque had opened with a raise and another player went all in for just 1,800. Levesque made the quick call with the 
. His opponent held the 
. The board ran out 
and the all-in player won the hand, knocking Levesque back to 7,400 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,400
-10,800
|
-10,800 |
Up and Back Down For Lavesque
Eric Levesque opened to 1,600 in middle position, and he was called by only the big blind. Heads up, the flop came out 
, and Levesque continued out with another 1,600. His opponent check-called, and the 
landed on the turn. It went check-check there, and the big blind checked again when the completed a few potential draws on the river. Levesque went ahead and flicked out 6,000 more chips, and his opponent tanked and called.
Levesque knew his 
was unlikely to be good, and indeed, the small blind's 
was easily good enough to win the pot.
Levesque must have done some good work since we last wrote about him just a couple minutes ago, but this last pot erases those efforts and knocks him right back down to about 7,800.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,400 |
Negreanu's Kicker Second Best
After a player limped in from middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu completed from the small blind and the big blind checked to see the 
flop. Negreanu checked, the big blind checked and the limper fired 3,000. Negreanu made the call and the big blind folded.
The turn went check, check after the fell and then Negreanu fired 4,000 on the river. His opponent made the call and Negreanu turned over the 
, playing aces and fives with the jack kicker on board. His opponent held the 
for a queen kicker and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
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Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100