March 24 2012, Chad Holloway

The PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Chile continued on Saturday at the Enjoy Casino & Resort in Vina del Mar. The final 32 competitors from the 651-player field played down to the final table, and all eyes were on Daniela Horno. Last year, Horno finished in sixth place in this very event, and on Saturday, she began with the chip lead and was primed for back-to-back final tables.

Horno’s day was not full of raking in pots. First she lost a chunk of her stack to Javier Venegas. Then during the middle of the day, action folded around to Horno on the button and she moved her 20-big-blind stack in the middle after looking down at . It was enough to get the small blind to fold, but not Nicholas Batt in the big blind. He was holding , and made the call.

The railbirds were on their feet as the flop came down . Horno got a little help on the flop, but needed more. The turn was not it, and neither was the river. Horno, who began the day as chip leader, was eliminated in 17th place for $4,180.

Action was fast and furious at the start of the day as ten players hit the rail in the first hour. They included Hector Marambio (32nd – $2,840), Rodrigo Perez (31st – $2,840), Marcelo Bustamante (30th – $2,840), Marciano Sa (29th – $2,840), Jorge Barreto (28th – $3,070), Sebastian Rios (27th – $3,070), Eduardo Zalaquett (26th – $3,070), Juan Bravo (25th – $3,070), Ricardo Gajdemski (24th – $3,320) and Rene Manzano (23rd – $3,320).

The 22nd-place finisher was eliminated in a blind-versus-blind battle. Pedro Frankel put in a raise from the small blind only to have Jorge Guerra move all in from the big blind for around 140,000 total. Frankel made the call and the cards were turned up:

Showdown

The missed Guerra, though it did give him a gut-shot straight draw; however, Frankel picked up a flush draw, meaning diamonds were useless to Guerra. In the end, Frankel’s ace-high prevailed as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river. Guerra was eliminated in 22nd place and took home $3,590 for his performance.

The flurry of eliminations didn’t stop there as Santiago Hernandez (21st – $3,590), Alejandro Vargas (20th – $3,860), Jorge Mascaro (19th – $3,860) and Luis Montano (18th – $4,180) were all eliminated over the course of the next level.

Rodrigo Quezada (16th – $4,510), Yacin Vasquez (15th – $4,900), Edgardo Bastias (14th – $5,360), William Espinosa (13th – $5,900), Waldermar Barrientos (12th – $6,780), Alvaro Gonzalez (11th – $7,760) and Jose Luis Golin (10th – 9,130) were the next to go, bringing about the unofficial final table of nine.

It was there that action folded to Leonardo Olivares in the cutoff and he raised to 120,000. After the button and small blind folded, Pedro Frankel moved all in from the big blind for 425,000 total, which Olivares called. Frankel turned over and was up against Olivares’ .

The players and railbirds were on their feet as the flop came out . Olivares paired his king to take the lead and left Frankel in need of some major help. The turn certainly wasn’t it, and neither was the turn. Frankel was dispatched in ninth place for $10,690 and the 2012 LAPT Chile final table was set.

2012 LAPT Chile Final Table

Action will resume on Sunday at 1200 CLST (0800 PDT) when the first champion of LAPT Season 5 will be determined, and the $129,470 first-place prize awarded. As always, you can follow the action right here on PokerNews.

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March 24 2012, Josh Bell

On Day 2 of the PokerStars.net 2012 Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Sydney Main Event, the field began with 208 players, but by the end of day, only 27 remained. The clock ticked just past midnight when it was all over on Day 2, and Nicholas Heather was the man who bagged up the most chips.

Heather knows what it takes to make a deep run in a poker tournament, boasting a WSOP final table finish on his resume. In the latter half of the night here on Day 2, Heather accumulated just under one million in chips and has placed himself in the best position to make a run at the $226,812 first-place prize.

At the beginning of the day, Tobin Ryall held the chip lead. Ryall continued his great run early in the day and then hit a plateau. He’ll still be in the tournament on Day 3, but will return with only 197,000 in chips.

Some players who won’t be returning for another day of action include Joel Dodds, Leo Boxell, Tony Hachem, Daniel Laidlaw, Mel Judah, Lee Nelson, Graeme Putt, Justin Cohen and Maria Ho.

It was a similar fate for Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen. He never managed to gain any momentum on Day 2. Guillen open-shoved his last 27,000 holding and unfortunately ran into . The board brought no help to Guillen and he was sent out the door.

Just a short while after Guillen hit the rail, play went hand-for-hand as the money bubble loomed. The name Luis Arrilucea may sound familiar because he was the runner-up finisher of last year’s ANZPT Sydney Main Event, but it wasn’t the same story this year. Arrilucea became the bubble boy when his went up against an opponent’s and found no help from the flop, turn, or river.

After the bubble burst, the players started hitting the rail one-by-one. A few of the notable players who finished in the money include Dean McIver (53rd), Andrew Mellado (52nd), Todor Kondevski (46th), Suzy Khoueis (38th) and Jim Sachinidis (29th).

Jim Collopy, Liam O’Rourke, Alec Smith, Gordon Huntly, and Mishel Annunu started dominating their tables after the bubble, and finished the night with enough chips to do some damage on Day 3. Also returning is 2008 APPT Sydney champ Martin Rowe, 2010 ANZPT Darwin runner-up Luke Edwards and 2010 APPT Sydney fourth-place finisher Peco Stojanovski.

One of the big stories to emerge from the night was the success of Oliver Speidel. Speidel eliminated Day 1b chip leader Tam Truong and from that point forward, he could not be stopped. The 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event champion will begin Day 3 with the second-biggest chip stack, and will be looking to continue his great run of the last few months.

End of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

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