Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este
Buy-in
$2,300
Prize Pool
$836,620
Entries
375
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Barbero Loses Some
An early position player limped and action folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero in the big blind who checked his option.
The flop fell 
and both players checked. The 
hit the turn and Barbero bet 2,000. His opponent threw out a min-raise, making it 4,000 to go. Barbero called and both players checked the 
river. Barbero's opponent tabled 
and Barbero shot his hand to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
||
A Few Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
|
||
|
230,000 | |
|
197,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
196,000 | |
|
195,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
140,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
105,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
54,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
Veronica Da-busted
We missed the exact details of the hand, but can report that Veronica Dabul has been eliminated. Her 
failed to improve against her opponent's 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Nacho Fades His Way To Nearly Triple
Nacho Barbero knows something about winning in Punta del Este, having won here back in Season 3. Up until now, he hasn't had a big stack. However, a huge pot just went his way.
Following a 
flop, Barbero's stack of 52,800 was in the middle with 
against two opponents. A shorter-stacked opponent with about 40,000 held 
, while a third player had both covered with 
. Needing to fade spades and running full house cards, Barbero did just that as the 
turn and 
river locked up the pot for him.
He added about 15,000 since then and now commands a stack of about 170,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
New Chip Leader
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Argentinian Ivan Luca appears to be the chip leader with 270,000 as we enter the final level of the day.
Day 1 Chip Leader Doubles
Juan Garcia, who started play today as the chip leader, has been fairly quiet the past few levels. We caught up to see him make a raise preflop to 4,600 only to find his opponent three-bet to 11,400. Garcia responded by four-bet shoving and his opponent made the call.
Garcia: 
Opponent: 
Garcia was in need of help and found a few more outs after the flop came 
. Garcia's prayers were answered when the 
came on the river, giving him the wheel. The rolled off on fifth street and Garcia was able to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
156,000
76,000
|
76,000 |
Menendez Is Our New Chip Leader
Julian Menendez, the winner of the 2011 PokerStars.net LAPT Colombia has become our new chip leader.
A player opened for 4,300 and Menendez three-bet to 9,000 from the button. His opponent called and the flop came . His opponent checked and Menendez casually tossed out 10,000. His opponent called and the 
came on fourth street.
Once again his opponent checked and Menedez continued with his aggression, throwing out a bet of 17,000. After roughly a minute of deliberation, his opponent announced all in and Menendez snap called.
Menendez:
Opponent: 
Menendez had the hand locked up and his opponent was already walking away from the table when the meaningless fell on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
Dias Not Impressed With Luca
Bernardo Dias opened to 4,000 in middle position and Ivan Luca re-popped it to 11,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Dias who called to see a 
flop. He checked, as did Luca, landing the on the turn. Both checked once again, leading to the river. Dias checked for a third time, but Luca had no intention of checking. He took his his time gathering chips from his mountain of a stack, about 90 seconds worth, before betting 24,500.
Dias snap folded and was not very pleased with Luca's way of betting the river. "Very good, you're so good. Can you please autograph for me?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
285,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |