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PokerStars LAPT Florianopolis – Day 1 report
Posted by: Randy Williams - Sat, 2010-08-07 11:34
The PokerStars sponsored Latin American poker Tour’s penultimate stop is currently underway in Florianopolis, in Brazil. Day 1 of the event saw a starting field of 356 players belly up to the tables, many of them
PokerStars pros and European or US poker professionals. The Main Event featured a buy-in of $2,500.
When the day was called (after 8 levels of play), Austria’s Matthias Habernig had the biggest stack of chips bagged. Having amassed 130,350 chips, the Austrian will start Day 2 of the event from pole position.
Habernig took advantage of a perfect hand situation during the 6th level to shoot to the chip lead. On a board of 9,8,2, an opponent shoved all-in against him after a couple of back and forth re-raises. It turned out the opponent’s move was fully justified as he had 2,2 for the bottom set. Habernig on the other hand, was right to call him too. He had 9,9 in his pocket for the top set. The turn and the river bricked out and the Austrian clinched the chip lead, sending his opponent to the rail.
Felipe Ramos had a good Day 1 run too. He finished with 108,900 chips. Mario Masciotro finished 3rd with a stack of 102,975.
Angel Guillen made his
WSOP problems forgotten with some skillful Day 1 maneuvering. He played at a table dubbed the table of death on account of the level of talent represented by the players who sat around it, but he did just fine nonetheless. He eliminated Andre Akkari for the early chip lead. He eventually finished the poker tournament with a large stack.
Team PokerStars’ own Victor Ramdin was eliminated early in the going, and he was soon joined by teammate Joe Cada, who still didn’t seem to be able to find his stride.
