LAPT8 Chile: Fabian Chauriye carries chip lead to final table

Day 3 is done at the Latin American Poker Tour Chile Main Event, with the 32 survivors of a 410-entry field having played down to just eight, and the Chilean Fabian Chauriye the one earning the distinction as chip leader heading into the final table.

Fabian Chauriye

When we last left off, nine were left and players were reassembling around a single table. Shortly after the redraw, Nacho Barbero three-bet all in from the blinds over a Justo Esquivel middle position open, and Esquivel called showing A♠Q♠ to Barbero's 9♠9♣. The nines held for Barbero, and play marched on.

About an orbit later Renata Teixeira reraise-pushed from the big blind over a late-position open and call from the SB, and the bet got through.

Not long after that Bruno Marino found himself vying for a pot with his neighbor Oscar Alache, with preflop action bringing them both to a flop of 9♠J♣Q♥. That's when Marino pushed in his last 340,000 Alache was there with the quick call.

It was K♦Q♠ and top pair for Marino, but Alache had that beat with A♣A♦. The turn was the 4♥ and river the 3♥, and Marino's run ended in ninth ($17,280).

Bruno Marino

Players arrived at 12 noon today, ready to go to work and it didn't take long before a half-dozen hit the rail as start-of-day chip leader Javier Venegas neared 1 million in chips.

Javier Venegas

The first full level of the day then saw 11 players knocked out as the pace quickened, among them end-of-day-1b leader Felipe Costa (25th) and Juan Cardoba (23rd), with Cardoba having won his way here starting with a $0.50 satellite.

Juan Cardoba

Also among that rush of eliminations was Claudio Quezada, knocked out in 22nd by his son, Rodrigo, who'd go on to make tomorrow's final table.

During the next hour two more fell -- Ivan Luca (17th) and Pablo Reis (16th) -- then Claudio Schafer pushed out in front as four more hit the rail: Tyler Noyes (15th), Arturo Longton (14th), Jonathan Markovits (13th), and Juan Grinspun (12th).

Juan Grinspun

Quezada (the younger) would then grab the lead briefly as Felipe Morbiducci went out in 11th. But Chauriye would push out ahead before a failed move by Schafer saw him slide to fall in 10th, setting up Marino's bubbling of the official final table.

Claudio Schafer

Tomorrow's final table should prove exciting, with not one but two former LAPT champions -- Oscar Alache and two-time winner Nacho Barbero.

Nacho Barbero

And Reneta Teixeira hopes to become the first woman to win an LAPT Main Event. She's the sixth woman to make a final table, with Jessica Bedoya having gotten the furthest of the group by finishing third at LAPT4 Colombia.

Renata Teixeira

Here's how the stacks will look when the final table starts tomorrow, with the seating assignments following:

Fabian Chauriye (Chile) -- 1,638,000
Oscar Alache (Chile) -- 1,275,000
Nacho Barbero (Argentina) -- 1,166,000
Javier Venegas (Argentina) -- 1,045,000
Justo Esquivel (Chile) -- 893,000
Rodrigo Quezada (Chile) -- 864,000
Rodrigo Oliver (Chile) -- 546,000
Renata Teixeira (Brazil) -- 532,000

Seat 1: Oscar Alache (Chile)
Seat 2: Rodrigo Oliver (Chile)
Seat 3: Justo Esquivel (Chile)
Seat 4: Rodrigo Quezada (Chile)
Seat 5: Renata Teixeira (Brazil)
Seat 6: Fabian Chauriye (Chile)
Seat 7: Javier Venegas (Argentina)
Seat 8: Nacho Barbero (Argentina)

Join us at 12 noon again tomorrow for the final day from Viña del Mar, and we'll find out together who will be the next LAPT champion.

Photography from LAPT8 Chile by Carlos Monti. Watch the stream at LAPT Live. You can also follow the action in Spanish on the PokerStars blog and on Facebook, and in Portuguese on the blog and on Facebook.

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Success for Seraph14 of Slovakia with Sunday Million win

Last week, in celebration of the new start times of the Sunday majors, the Sunday Million found itself with a hefty $2 million prize pool. It was a one-time bonus for players, and more than 10,000 of them came out to play for portions of that money.

This week, the new start time was firmly in place, and there was no special guarantee. Well, that is if you don't consider the weekly $1 million guarantee special. (If you don't, we'd like to say, "Huh?") But so many people were charged up about the $1 million and the new place on the Sunday schedule that the crowd of players was quite substantial. When registration was complete, the following numbers were given:

Players: 6,889
Prize pool: $1,377,800
Paid players: 990

Quite a large field and well beyond that guarantee. We'll say that's special.

After the initial hours passed, the money bubble came and went to ensure that everyone in that top 990 would receive a minimum of $316.89 for their efforts.

Only two Team PokerStars Pros made it into that group. Slovakian Dag Palovic left in the early stages of the payment process in 738th place, but moving forward was fellow pro and German representative Sebastian Ruthenberg. Ruthenberg held up for awhile but eventually exited in 283rd place.

Played moved on to find out two tables remaining into the tenth hour, and hand-for-hand play was in action just 15 minutes into the next hour. But only five minutes later, it was Pessagno who risked it all from the big blind with K♦6♣, but jAKIELOL had K♠Q♦ in the small blind, and that hand stayed best through the 3♠8♠3♣5♦A♠ board. Pessagno was gone in tenth place with $7,715.68.

Patorojas86 pulls ahead to start action

Level 37 kicked off the final table with blinds at 125,000/250,000 and a 25,000 ante. Players' starting chip counts were:

Seat 1: jAKIELOL (5,193,973 in chips)
Seat 2: suckerfishtw (8,438,106 in chips)
Seat 3: AA1284 (6,227,707 in chips)
Seat 4: 321Gentleman (3,581,858 in chips)
Seat 5: patorojas86 (12,809,178 in chips)
Seat 6: mikexace (8,530,627 in chips)
Seat 7: Thorup1 (9,170,616 in chips)
Seat 8: SLUUUURP (5,098,959 in chips)
Seat 9: Seraph14 (9,838,976 in chips)

Play started off relatively cautiously, though there were some players pushing the action.

And about 15 minutes into the table, it was time for the shortest stack to make a move. When mikexace opened for a raise, SLUUUURP reraised all-in with K♣Q♠. Mikexace called with 4♦4♥, and the fours held up to the A♣6♥T♠2♣9♣ board. That left SLUUUURP out in ninth place with $10,677.95.

Suckerfishtw and Seraph14 got into a raising war preflop, and suckerfishtw ultimately moved all-in with A♣Q♦. But Seraph14 called and turned over K♥K♣. The flop of Q♣6♦T♥ gave a pair of queens and hope to suckerfishtw, and the J♣ on the turn provided even more outs. But the 4♦ on the river left Seraph14's pair of kings the winner, and suckerfishtw swam off in eighth place with $16,533.60.

Mikexace makes moves

With that pot, Seraph14 climbed into the top spot on the leaderboard and began to battle for first position with mikexace. Patorojas86 was relegated to third and wasn't finding much momentum at the table. But after mikexace took a pot worth nearly 7.7 million chips from patorojas86, the latter was unable to recover.

Patorojas86 was in the big blind got involved with jAKIELOL preflop to see the T♣7♣T♥ from the dealer. When jAKIELOL bet, patorojas86 check-raised all-in with J♠9♠, and jAKIELOL called with A♠K♥. The 5♦ turn and K♠ river left jAKIELOL with the two pair and the pot, as patorojas86 left in a surprising seventh place with $30,311.60.

AA1284 had a rough time but managed a double through Thorup1 to stay alive. But only a few hands later, AA1284 looked down at K♦K♥ from the small blind and moved all-in. Original raiser mikexace called with A♣Q♠, and the flop of Q♦6♥A♦ gave him two pair. The J♣ on the turn didn't do much, but the Q♥ made a full house for mikexace. AA1284 was forced out in sixth place with $44,089.60.

Some double-ups were in order going forward, as 321Gentleman did it through Thorup1, and Thorup1 then did the same through jAKIELOL. But when jAKIELOL doubled through mikexace, jAKIELOL took the chip lead as well as the chips. It happened like this:

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Then 321Gentleman doubled through mikexace, as did Thorup1. And suddenly, mikexace was the short stack of the group.

When jAKIELOL made a raise on the very next hand, mikexace reraised all-in with A♥8♦. JAKIELOL called with K♣T♠, which looked to be the losing hand through the 2♠5♦2♣7♠ on the board. But the K♦ on the river changed that and gave jAKIELOL two pair. Mikexace went from the chip lead to out in fifth place, which was worth $57,867.60.

Seraph14 doubled through Thorup1, and 321Gentleman did the same courtesy of jAKIELOL.

Final four agree to a deal

During the 11.5-hour break, the four remaining players decided to take a look at chip-chop numbers. The tournament was paused, and they quickly agreed. With $20,000 set aside to be added to the eventual winner's prize, the payouts would be as follows:

Seat 1: jAKIELOL (25,437,959 in chips) = $159,768.45
Seat 4: 321Gentleman (14,326,064 in chips) = $123,079.90
Seat 7: Thorup1 (14,423,327 in chips) = $123,401.03
Seat 9: Seraph14 (14,702,650 in chips) = $124,323.28

With good luck wishes all around, play resumed. And jAKIELOL was the clear aggressor, pushing into an even bigger lead over the other three players.

Thorup1 was anxious to make a move, the first time resulting in a split pot with jAKIELOL when both players held K-8. The second time, it was Seraph14 in the hand with A♠T♦, which dominated the A♥7♦ of Thorup1. The board of 4♥9♠9♥K♣T♣ did not change the outcome, and Thorup1 exited in fourth place with $123,401.03.

Seraph14 began to put the moves on and took a pot worth more than 18.6 million chips from jAKIELOL to take the lead. The two then battled on the very next hand with a preflop raising war that led to jAKIELOL moving all-in with 8♦6♦. Seraph14 made the call with a solid K♣K♠, which turned into a full house on the Q♦K♦6♠J♠J♣ board. That left jAKIELOL out in third place with $159,768.45.

Seraph14 takes strong lead into heads-up

The final two prepared to duel with these starting chip counts:

Seat 4: 321Gentleman (7,286,064 in chips)
Seat 9: Seraph14 (61,603,936 in chips)

There was no giving up for 321Gentleman, despite the chip deficit. The first double-up came for 321Gentleman with K-7 over Q-8, and the second was T-8 over 8-7. But Seraph14 maintained a sizeable lead.

The two then battled preflop to see the K♦T♦6♦. Seraph14 bet all-in, and 321Gentleman check-called all-in in the hopes of another double-up and showed A♦4♥ for the nut flush draw. Seraph14 showed A♠T♥ for the pair of tens, and with no flush on the 5♣ turn or 2♠ river, 321Gentleman had to leave in second place with $123,079.90.

Seraph14 of Slovakia claimed the Sunday Million victory and the $144,323.28 that went with it. Congrats!

Sunday Million Results for 06/12/11 (reflecting deal):

1st place: Seraph14 ($144,323.28)*
2nd place: 321Gentleman ($123,079.90)*
3rd place: jAKIELOL ($159,768.45)*
4th place: Thorup ($123,401.03)*
5th place: mikexace ($57,867.60)
6th place: AA1284 ($44,089.60)
7th place: patorojas86 ($30,311.60)
8th place: suckerfishtw ($16,533.60)
9th place: SLUUUURP ($10,677.95)

*based on four-way deal

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APPT Seoul Day 2: Back to the action

Tables are set.

Players are now wandering in to the poker room here in Seoul for Day 2 of the APPT Season 9.

They'll take their seats at 12pm local time as we edge closer to another big score and an APPT Main Event title. Runners will have to make the top 27 places to receive a payout, with first prize coming it at KRW165,590,200 ($151,384).

After two Day 1 flights, we saw 241 hopefuls cut down to just 91. Those lucky enough to survive will play through 12 levels today before a champion is crowned tomorrow.

Those in contention will be chasing Japan's Takahiro Nakai, the chip leader who bagged up 186,700 in chips at the conclusion of play last night. He starts today well ahead of the pack with the player in second place, Hajime Iwakura, holding 153,900.

Current chip leader Takahiro Nakai

Three PokerStars Team Pros are still among the pack. Singapore's Bryan Huang leads the way for their contingent with 79,900 in chips. Aditya Agarwal will start Day 2 with 34,500 and just behind him is Celina Lin on 33,400.

Another one to watch is online heads up phenom Dong Kim. Known for grinding his way up stakes to the top tier online, Kim is yet to make a big tournament score but with 82,700 in chips he'll be looking to change that here in Seoul.

Dong Kim at the table yesterday

Other notables still at the tables include the two previous winners of the APPT Seoul Main Event. APPT7 champion Aaron Lim begins the day with 62,200 in chips, and last year's winner Chane Kampanatsanyakorn scraped through to Day 2 with 17,100.

World Series of Poker bracelet winner and poker room operator here at the Paradise Walkerhill Casino Kevin Song just announced over the microphone that it's time to shuffle up and deal. Blinds will start at 600/1200 with a 100 chip ante and we're preparing for a long day of poker as the field is reduced even more over the next 12 hours of play.

Cards are now in the air and players back in the action. We'll be following everything here for the APPT9 Seoul Main Event, and see who can survive until the final day tomorrow. Stay with us!

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Belgian Poker Series Grand Final players in the money

It took four Day 1 flights. Four!

Then it took two Day 2 flights. Finally, the Belgian Poker Series has reached Day 3, and more importantly to the players involved, the money.

When the tournament got underway a week ago, it started building a field 538-people strong. The top 80 players in the field stood to earn at least some money on the way to determining who would win €175,000 and the BPS Grand Final championship.

Now, there are 62 players remaining and play continues with Michael Gathy as the chip leader. The action should go on tonight until the tourney gets down to three tables.

For live coverage of the event, visit the PokerStars Dutch Blog.

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IPT Malta: PokerStars player Jaroslaw Sikora leads the final table

The final table for IPT Malta is set with PokerStars player Jaroslaw Sikora leading with 7.6 million in chips. The Polish player finished 70th for €4,220 in the Eureka High Roller event in Prague in December. Sikora moved clearly into the lead after winning a big three-bet pot towards the end of play when he picked off a 555,000 bluff from Georgios Zisimopoulos.

Jaroslaw Sikora is the chip leader going into tomorrow's final table

Sikora leads ahead of Frederik Reusch (4,730,000), the German player has a couple of previous results including a final table in the €1,000 PLO event at EPT Prague where he came 8th for €4,270. Reusch moved into second place after dispatching Flaviano Cammisuli, the start of the day chip leader, with A♣T♦ against A♦9♥.

Flaviano Cammisuli

In third place with 4,375,000 is arguably the best-known player at the table, EPT10 Prague champion Julian Track. Track picked up €725,700 for winning the EPT and will be hoping to supplement his earnings with another six-figure score by taking down this event.

The full list of players and chip counts is as follows:

Seat 1: Michael Bernhard Feil Germany PokerStars player 3,305,000
Seat 2: Frederik Reusch Germany PokerStars player 4,730,000
Seat 3: Nicolino di Carlo Italy 2,585,000
Seat 4: Ezio Nisoli Italy 1,960,000
Seat 5: Julian Track Germany PokerStars qualifier 4,375,000
Seat 6: Jaroslaw Sikora Poland PokerStars player 7,600,000
Seat 7: Georgios Zisimopoulos Greece PokerStars player 4,000,000
Seat 8: Georgi Abuladze Estonia PokerStars qualifier 2,645,000

Julian Track

All the finalists are now guaranteed a minimum payout of €21,000 but the first place prize is worth more than ten times that amount:

1st € 221,200
2nd € 128,300
3rd € 90,200
4th € 67,000
5th € 52,000
6th € 39,000
7th € 29,800
8th € 21,000

The players are due back tomorrow at 11.45am with the tournament scheduled to start at 12.15pm. It'll be shown on a live stream (Italian commentary only) with hole cards up and on a 45-minute delay. I'll be following the same time as the delay so you can expect live coverage from around 1pm local time.

Side events

Bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche leads the final 15 players of the in the IPT €2k High Roller event with 1.2 million in chips and the blinds at 10,000/20,000 (3,000). EPT Copenhagen runner-up Pierre Neuville (750,000) and EPT9 London finalist Ludovic Geilich (260,000) are also among those still involved, all are guaranteed a minmum payout of €10,550 with €177,000 going to the winner.

Dominik Nitsche

In the IPT Malta Cup, it's heads-up between Dimitar Bashov and Matthieu Rodrigeuz with €62,000 for the winner and €36,400 for the runner-up, Bashov has a slight lead at this point. Giovanni Rizzo finished in 6th place for €10,900.

Rosaro Garzon came all the way from Madrid to play the €200 Women's Event but her victory made it all worthwhile. Before taking down the €200 event for a lifetime best cash of €4k, the 64-year-old, who was being railed by her husband throughout the tourney, said she was surprised at how aggressively the women played. "I didn't think it would be like this!" she said. She beat Canadian EPT regular Elizabeth Bennet-Martin heads-up to snag her first ever trophy. There were 70 entries in the tourney creating a €13,580 prize pool with nine paid. EPT London Women's Event winner Jackie Cachia bust the event but her partner Lina Teuma finished fourth for €1,400.

Rosaro Garzon

Portugal's Jose Quintas won last night's €500 Midnight Hyperturbo at the EPT Malta Poker Festival. The EPT regular snagged the trophy and €23,490 first prize after beating Italian Luca Fiorini heads-up. There were 229 players in the event creating a €111,065 prize pool with 31 paid. Others who cashed included Mikhail Korotkikh, Jan Bendik, George Tavoularis (who has already won two Flipout events at the festival), Lasse Frost and Bernard Boutbol.

Remember, the EPT Main Event is still going on for a while yet tonight, follow all the action here.

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Missouri Congressmen Push for Regulated Online Gambling

Two US Representatives from Missouri are joining the fight to bring regulation to online gambling at the federal level.

Missouri's Congressional delegation is officially behind efforts to regulate online gambling on the federal level, after the state legislature passed an appeal to Congress to end the sports betting ban. Representatives William Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan both have signed up to co-sponsor Barney Frank's bill outlining licensing and regulation for Internet gaming operators.

The lawmakers criticized the UIGEA ban, saying it is disingenuous of the law's supporters to claim the prohibition will end  US residents' patronizing online casinos. The UIGEA was compared to an ostrich-like head-in-the-sand method of dealing with the new reality of Internet gambling.

The Congressmen also were part of the group of federal lawmakers who successfully appealede to the Treasury to withhold implementation of the UIGEA until Comngress has a chance to address the situation.

"We should not be so naive to think that we are going to do away with gambling by passing that (UIGEA) law," Clay said.

"It's (online gambling) the kind of thing that requires clear rules and regulations so that it functions well," Carnahan added.

John Pappas of the Poker Players Alliance agreed, saying, "People are playing online by the millions. Whether you like it or not, the genie is out of the bottle."

The legislators also want the US to take advantage of the huge prospects to create revenue by regulating online gambling.

"I think $42 billion is a significant sum that the federal government needs to fund some of the programs that are worthy and that Americans benefit from," stated Clay, citing figures estimated by a PriceWaterhouse study to be the potential for a decade's taxation of Internet gambling.

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