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4:47pm: Alex Komaromi wins Uruguay's first LAPT title Alex Komaromi came in for a raise to 150,000 and Claudio Piedrabuena made the call. Both players checked the flop of 4♠7♣K♦. On the J♣ turn, Piedrabuena checked, Komaromi bet 225,000, and Piedrabuena announced he was all-in for around 1.3 million. Komaromi...more

6:17pm: Oded dead in ninth as final table gets set Alex Komaromi opened to 65,000, a luxury afforded the chip leader at this stage. Oded Oscar Minond had been relatively quiet for the past hour or so, but finally woke up with an all-in for 445,000. Komaromi considered his options...more

Seems like ages ago that 422 players were seated all over the Mantra Resort and Casino, each with hopes of claiming an LAPT title and the cool $244,720 that went along with it. But it has only been three days, during which time all but eight from that starting field...more

4:13pm: Break time; a dozen remain The final 12 players have reached the second 15-minute break of the day. 4:04pm: Double double Another quiet stretch just now, then two double-ups in quick succession, one on each of the two remaining six-handed tables. One saw Nelson Neto open for 50,000...more

There is no accounting for a bubble day. Put the world's credit rating specialists, a couple of nuclear physicists, and the world's best poker tournament directors in a locked room, and they still couldn't predict how an LAPT bubble would turn out. Witness the wild and wooly world that...more

12:43am: Liberal out; 27 bagging One last elimination -- Leo Liberal of Brazil in 28th -- before play concluded for the evening. Be back in a few with a final wrap of Day 2. 12:30am: Two more hands The tourney clock has been stopped, a card was drawn, and it...more

10:24pm: Break time Players have reached the last break of the night. 10:18pm: A killing for Kiles with KK Huge one just now between Cassio Kiles and Erik von Buxhoeveden. We came upon the hand on the turn, with the board showing 2♦3♦Q♦9♣ and van Buxhoeveden calling a hefty bet...more

4:18pm: Break time The 85 remaining players are now on a 15-minute break. 4:07pm: Eric von Buxhoeveden -- new chip leader We have a new chip leader in Erik von Buxhoeveden. The Austrian has steadily built his stack over the first four levels of play today, having now pushed past...more

After a cold, wet night, the sun came out to shine on the east coast city of Punta del Este this morning. And a whopping field of 422 came out as well to join the fun at this year's main event, a new record for the LAPT stop. That field...more

9:04pm: Bring out the bags We've reached the end of Level 8, which means the conclusion of play for Day 1. Something less than 200 players -- less than half the 422 who started -- are still around to count down their stacks and seal them up. Back in a...more

4:19pm: Your break Players are now on a 15-minute break. They'll be back to play the final four levels of the night in just a bit. 4:11pm: Nuts hold in three-way all-in It was a flop of A♣T♠J♥ with Jose Rodriguez all-in. He held K♥Q♥, up against a moderately scary...more