May 25 2012, Josh Cahlik
On Day 2, 245 players returned with hopes of grabbing the title of PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este Main Event champion. With only 77 players remaining at the end of the day, Ivan Luca is closest to achieving that goal, as he sits atop the tournament leader board with 329,900 in chips.
Joining Luca amongst the top three are Cristian Lopez (289,600) and 2011 LAPT Colombia Main Event champion Julian Menendez (270,300). Menendez was able to grab a sizable amount of chips late in the day when his opponent moved all-in on a 
board. Menendez held 
for a king-high flush and had his opponent drawing dead with the 
.
Other notable players returning for Day 3 play are Eduardo Santi (246,900), Ariel Celestino (166,000), Bolivar “Ramux” Palacios (153,800), Luiz Filipe Andrade (104,200), Pedro Komaromi (85,600) and Nicolas Salvagno (52,400). Also still in the hunt is Day 1 chip leader Juan Garcia.
Tournament play saw almost 200 players hit the rail on Friday. Among those sent home were Ari Engel, Fabrizio Gonzalez, Veronica Dabul, Helio Chreem, Ernesto Panno and Mayu Roca. Also hitting the rail was winner of the 2011 PokerStars.net LAPT Punta del Este, Alex Komaromi. Team PokerStars only suffered one casualty today, as Humberto Brenes was not fortunate enough to survive the day’s play.
With only Brenes hitting the rail, Day 2 proved to be a successful day for Team PokerStars. The chips started rolling in when Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen bet out 4,600 on a flop of 
. His opponent called from the button and the 
turned. Guillen slowed down with a check and his opponent bet 7,400. Guillen called and checked once again when the 
came on the river. His opponent pushed out 20,000 and Guillen snap called, tabling 
for a flopped set. His opponent meekly showed his own 
and threw his hand toward the muck.
Immediately after, Guillen raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Luiz Filipe Andrade three-bet to 7,500. Guillen called and the two checked down a board of 
to the river. The 
dropped on fifth street and Andrade checked for a third time. Guillen pushed out a large bet, totaling 18,000. Andrade quickly called but was disappointed to find Guillen’s 
for an ace-high flush. Andrade’s queen-high flush with 
was no good and Guillen was awarded yet another pot.
Shortly thereafter, Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero was able to nearly triple up when his 
flopped a flush when the 
fell. His two opponents held 
and 
. Barbero was able to fade the higher flush draws and running full house cards to add a significant amount to his stack. Both Barbero and Guillen are alive and thriving, hoping to inch closer to the championship title tomorrow.
The final 77 players will return Saturday at 1200 UYT (0800 PDT) to play down to a final table, or a full ten levels. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the bad beats, bluffs and big pots as only our Live Reporting Team can provide.
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February 19 2011, Dave Behr
Chile’s Alex Manzano turned into a set-flopping machine at the end of Day 2 of the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour São Paulo Main Event to seize the overnight chip lead. His 1,189,000 in chips will lead the remaining field of 24 players when they return for Day 3 on Saturday.
Manzano played well in the early and middle stages of play, using selective aggression to steadily chip up. Then his run-good kicked into overdrive, as he flopped sets in rapid succession to eliminate three players. First off the plank was Alexis Zervos, against whom Manzano flopped top set and then faded a flush draw. Zervos was soon joined on the rail by Neuri Jose Campos, who got it in pre-flop with ace-king against Manzano’s pocket queens (set on the flop for Manzano). Finally, in perhaps the run-best of them all, João Torres got it all in for about 500,000 preflop with pocket kings against Manzano’s pocket fours. A four on the flop meant all smiles for Manzano.
Although Manzano is at the head of the class with 1,189,000 in chips, he has a few excellent competitors barely trailing him who also played great poker on Day 2. The aforementioned João Bauer is next in line with 1,089,000 in chips, thanks in no small part to a pot worth about 800,000 chips in which his pocket kings out-flopped Marcelo Andrade’s pocket aces, all in preflop. Bauer used that bit of luck to then apply maximum pressure to his table for the remainder of the day.
Right behind Bauer is Day 1 chip leader Leandro Csome. Csome put on a big-stack clinic on the bubble of the tournament by constantly putting his shorter-stacked competitors to the test for all of their chips. He raised preflop. He re-raised preflop. He bet, raised and reraised on the flop. He almost never slowed down while the rest of his table waited for the bubble to burst. Csome flirted with 1,000,000 in chips late in the day before ultimately settling at 959,000.
Rounding out the top five are Bruno Foster (766,000) and Amos Ben Haim (687,000). Also still alive and returning tomorrow are Team PokerStars Pro (Costa Rica) Humberto Brenes (601,000) and Daniela Zapiello (235,000), a previous LAPT final tablist and the only woman remaining in the field.
On Saturday the remaining 24 players will return at 1:00 PM local time to play down to a final table of eight. The top prize is worth R$615,840 and everyone remaining has locked up at least R$14,350. Be sure to check out the Day 3 table and seat draw in order to find the positions and stacks of every player left in the field. As always, you can find all of the live updates on PokerNews.
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