Well that took longer than expected.
When last I posted, six called all-in bets resulted in five double-ups and a triple-up. There were another three double-ups and one more triple-up before the remaining players succeeded in knocking out one of their own to end Day 3 of the 2013 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Brazil Main Event. When the bags finally came out – and they did eventually come out – Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez was the chip leader.
Fernandez has been in this position before Рrecently, in fact. He won the Season 5 Grand Final in Lima, banking $171,930. He also took down a High Roller event at the Season 4 Grand Final right here in Ṣo Paulo, a win that was worth $72,000.
But he’s not the only Team PokerStars Pro at the final table. He’ll be joined by the Pride of Brazil, the man who like many Brazilians before him tends to answer to just one name: Akkari. Andre Akkari started the day 5th in chips and ended it 4th in chips. Although he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2011, he has never appeared at an LAPT Main Event final table.
Believe it or not, Day 3 began with a total of four Team PokerStars Pros in contention for a berth at the eight-handed final table. It was difficult to keep track of the bustouts in that first hour. Remember that? That magical time when players refused to stay seated at their tables?
Angel Guillen was the shortest of the four Team Pros to start the day. He was also the first to be eliminated. He bowed out in 21st place, cashing for R$4,250.
After that we got our first taste of the deep freeze that would settle over the final table bubble. The action slowed significantly, giving the crack PokerStars research team (a guy who looks a lot like me) time to dig into the annals of the past and dig up some photos of when Rafael Pardo made the first ever LAPT final table. Pardo’s journey on the wheel of time is complete; he’ll return tomorrow to compete at his third LAPT final table. He’ll look to improve on matching 7th-place finishes at LAPT1 Brazil and LAPT4 Colombia.
The three other Team Pros — Jose Barbero, Akkari, and Fernandez – ran the show in the middle of the day. Each took a turn as the leader. Barbero, who started as the leader, passed the baton to Akkari before Fernandez took it from there. Barbero eventually went out in a ball of fire in 11th place.
The deep freeze of the final table bubble started just moments later. All told, the short stack avoided elimination 10 times before Camilo Posada finally gave up the ghost. Leonardo Brescia could have bubbled just a few hands after 9-handed play began, but he caught an ace from space to began a parde of double-up and triple-ups that didn’t end for more than two hours. Posada almost prolonged the pain at the end. He out-flopped Fernandez on the final Day 3 hand, but Fernandez caught a 7-outer on the turn to re-take the lead and then survived a river blank.
The final eight players return tomorrow to play it out to a winner. This is how things will start off at 2pm local time (GMT-3):
Seat 1: Leonardo Brescia (1,045,000)
Seat 2: Marcos Paulo Ximenes (2,630,000)
Seat 3: Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari (2,000,000)
Seat 4: Thiago Grigoletti (945,000)
Seat 5: Rafael Pardo (2,230,000)
Seat 6: Victor Sbrissa (1,680,000)
Seat 7: Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez (3,365,000)
Seat 8: Daniel Murta (1,095,000)
Until then, you can find us at the bar.
Dave Behr is a freelance contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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