2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Grand Final

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$289,300
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,700
Prize Pool
$1,343,100
Entries
367
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Chip Check

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
885,000 55,000
Carlos Ibarra
Carlos Ibarra
865,000 15,000
Daniele Nestola de
Daniele Nestola
865,000 -315,000
Vincenzo Giannelli
Vincenzo Giannelli
665,000 135,000
Felipe Morbiducci
Felipe Morbiducci
555,000 -45,000
Joshua Ewing
Joshua Ewing
530,000 105,000
Caio Pimenta br
Caio Pimenta
465,000 -30,000
Ioannis Beris
Ioannis Beris
380,000 -4,000
Jonathan Markovits
Jonathan Markovits
360,000
Martin Santos
Martin Santos
330,000 30,000
Mayu Roca
Mayu Roca
290,000 100,000
Paulo Grendene
Paulo Grendene
250,000 15,000
Samir Nadim Nasser
Samir Nadim Nasser
205,000 65,000
Juan Gonzalez
Juan Gonzalez
200,000 -205,000
Vitor Torres
Vitor Torres
190,000 -130,000
Gasperino Nicolas
Gasperino Nicolas
150,000 -30,000

Beris Doubles Back

Ioannis Beris
Ioannis Beris

Caio Pimenta raised to 27,000 from early position, and Ioannis Beris three-bet shoved from across the table. It was 176,000 total. When it came back around to Pimenta, he spent a long while in the tank before talking himself into the call, and Beris was in good shape to double.

Showdown
Beris: {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Pimenta: {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts}

There was no funny stuff on the {5-Spades} {9-Spades} {10-Hearts} {K-Spades} {5-Diamonds} board, and Beris' two pair earned him the much-needed double. It knocks Pimenta back down around the half-million chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Caio Pimenta br
Caio Pimenta
495,000 -265,000
Ioannis Beris
Ioannis Beris
384,000 214,000

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Negreanu Moving Back Up

Ioannis Beris raised to 27,000 to open the pot from middle position, and Daniel Negreanu flatted in the cutoff to go heads up to the flop.

The dealer spread out {7-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {8-Diamonds}, and Beris continued out with another 36,000. He and Negreanu have been friendly and chatty, and they exchanged a few quick words before the latter made his play.

"I'm just going to go all in," Negreanu said as he pushed some chips across the line.

"That's it?" Beris asked back. "I'm just going to fold." He uncapped his cards and slipped them muckward, and Negreanu has chipped his way up to 830,000 with that pot.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
830,000 100,000
Ioannis Beris
Ioannis Beris
170,000 -70,000

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Negreanu Going for the Trifecta

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Daniel and Donnie
Daniel and Donnie

In the history of the PokerStars-sponsored poker tours, no player has ever made it to an LAPT, APPT and EPT final table. Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has the chance to be the first-ever player to accomplish that feat if he can maneuver his way down to the final eight in this event.

At the EPT Vienna in 2010, Negreanu placed fourth out of 578 players for €175,000. Later that year, he took ninth in the APPT Sydney Grand Final for A$36,415. It is of note that the Sydney final table was nine-handed, whereas most APPT, LAPT and EPT final tables are generally eight-handed.

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Negreanu Peppered By Pimenta

Daniel Negreanu opened the pot to 22,000 from the hijack seat, and Caio Pimenta flatted on the button. The two men were heads up, and the dealer rolled out a {9-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {K-Spades} flop. Negreanu check-called a bet of 19,000 from Pimenta, and the {8-Spades} hit the turn. Check-check.

The river came the {3-Spades}, and now Negreanu got that betting feeling. He stacked up 57,000 and slid them into the middle, but Pimenta was having none of it. He made a big raise to 185,000, and Negreanu tanked and folded.

We don't expect that's the last time we'll see those two mixed up in a crafty pot.

Player Chips Progress
Caio Pimenta br
Caio Pimenta
760,000 155,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
730,000 -70,000

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If At First You Don't Succeed

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Carlos Ibarra
Carlos Ibarra

From the hijack seat, Carlos Ibarra came in with a raise to 27,000, and Martin Santos three-bet to 63,000 from the small blind. Ibarra spent a long while considering, but he eventually surrendered his cards into the muck.

On the next hand, Ibarra tried again with the same opening raise, and this time it got through. When the dealer pushed him the pot, he exposed his {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts} with a smile.

The net +/- from that exchange? -4,000 chips.

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Down to Two

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Two tables, that is. Here's how they look after the breaking of the far table:

TableSeatPlayer
11Martin Santos
12Mayu Roca
13Vincenzo Giannelli
14Jonathan Markovits
15Josh Ewing
16Carlos Ibarra
17Vitor Torres
18Juan Gonzalez
   
21Iaonnis Beris
22Paulo Grendene
23Daniel Negreanu
24Samir Nadim Nasser
25Caio Pimenta
26Daniel Nestola
27Gasperino Nicolas
28Felipe Morbiducci