Shots With Monti
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Here's another round of shots through the lens of Carlos Monti.
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
Man Down
Well, we've lost the first man we were tracking today. Fabrizio Gonzalez is missing from the room, and his chips are missing from his former seat.
We think it's fair to presume that Gonzalez has gone busto at some point during the first two levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
27,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
|
22,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
21,500
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
15,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
12,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
|
||
|
6,500
-13,500
|
-13,500 |
|
|
||
"Good Morning!"
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
We just heard a familiar voice pipe up for the first time today.
"Good morning!" he said as he walked up onto the featured table stage with a broad smile at about 2:30 in the afternoon. It's Daniel Negreanu, and he's just taken his seat at a table full of relative unknowns. It was just seconds before Negreanu fired up the Twitter machine, too:
Pulling a @phil_hellmuth showing up in level 3 of LAPT slept off a hangover. Feels like a really smart move, I feel MUCH better
Good luck to Kid Poker today in São Paulo.
One for Gazes
Bill Gazes checked the 
flop and the next player also checked. The third player bet 1,125 and Gazes called. The other player folded.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Gazes fired 1,350 and his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
De Meulder Shoved On After Barreling
Two players checked the 
flop before Team PokerStars Pro Matthias de Meulder bet 1,100. The next player called before the first two folded.
The turn was the 
and de Meulder stayed on the gas with a bet of 2,500. His opponent called.
The river was the 
and de Meulder fired 5,200. After a minute of tanking, his opponent raised all in for around 16,000. De Meulder folded and dropped below the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
|
||
Tough Tables
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
We've broken at least one table already, and a few other players have been moved around for balancing. As a result, some tough tables have come together. It was the table that contained Andre Akkari and Elio Fox, and they've both found that the table break has made their lives no easier.
Fox moved just one table over to join Matthias De Meulder and seven other players we don't recognize. He has position on the Belgian.
Akkari had to trek all the way across the room to find his new table, and he'd not like what he saw once he arrived. Taking his seat in the nine hole, Akkari has direct position on Lisandro Gallo, but he's out of position against a fellow Team PokerStars Pro. Holland's Fatima Moreira de Melo is in the two seat.
Guillen Finds a Fold
Angel Guillen was the preflop raiser, and he continued out with another 950 chips on the 
. It was three-way action with an opponent on either side of Guillen, and they both matched his bet to see the turn card.
It was the , and now the table checked to the gentleman with position in the hijack seat. He made a bet of 1,900, enough to fold the third player in the hand and send the decision back to Guillen. "Un azul?" he asked of his opponent, making sure he had just one blue T5,000 chip left. That was indeed the case as the gentleman was sitting with 6,050 after making his bet. Guillen promptly called, and the landed on the river. When Guillen checked again, his opponent put about half his remaining chips into the pot with a final bet of 3,000.
Guillen spent a long while in the tank, considering the call for a significant chunk of his own stack. After a couple long minutes, though, he surrendered with a bit of frustration showing on his face.
Mr. Opponent took the opportunity to keep things friendly. He flashed his 
, showing Guillen his good fold and turning his frown back into a more neutral expression.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,200
-5,800
|
-5,800 |
|
|
||
Clock Called On Nacho
From the under-the-gun position, Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero raised to 500. He was called by three players; one in middle position, one on the button and the big blind.
The flop produced the 
and action checked to Barbero. He bet 1,000 and only the button made the call to see the 
fall on the turn. Barbero checked, as did his opponent.
The 
completed the board on the river and Barbero checked. His opponent bet 2,100 and Barbero went into the tank for a few long minutes. After about the third minute of his tank, his opponent requested that the clock be placed on Barbero. It was and he had 60 seconds to make a decision before his hand was declared dead.
After about 45 seconds, Barbero called, but mucked when he saw his opponent table the for top pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
25,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
37,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
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