Pimenta Snags the Top Spot To End Day 2
Day 2 is in the books here at the 2012 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Grand Final in São Paulo, Brazil. The day ended just about 30 minutes after the dinner break following a flurry of eliminations. At the end of it all, just 24 players remained and Caio Cesar Pimenta was on top with 607,000 in chips.
The day belonged mainly to Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu as he seemed to steal the show. He entered the day as one of the larger stacks in the room and went right to work, quickly moving up the ranks and finding himself in the top spot with a good-sized lead over the rest of the group.
Negreanu played numerous big hands today, including a massive 500,000-chip clash against Patrick Mahoney that sent Mahoney to the rail in 39th place. Although that big hand put Negreanu up to about 625,000 in chips, he lost a bit back before bagging up 398,000. That's still plenty healthy moving into Sunday as the average sits just over 300,000.
Fellow Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes lost a key all-in pot right near the end of the night and it caused him to finish on just 51,000. Still, last year's 15th-place finisher from LAPT São Paulo is alive and looking to get those chips back.
Speaking of tomorrow, Day 3 will commence at noon local time. The remaining players will be competing for a spot at the eight-handed final table and a shot at the R$324,600 first-place prize. Right now, everyone remaining has locked up no less than R$9,220.
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