Day 3 Concludes with Final Table Set; Komaromi Leading Big
Day 3 is in the books here in Punta del Este, Uruguay for the 2011 PokerStars.net LAPT Main Event and just eight players remain in contention for the title. Leading the way -- and in a big way -- is Alex Komaromi with 2.92 million in chips.
Komaromi began the day with 304,000 in chips, but made solid work of the day and battled his way to nearly ten times that amount. Komaromi eliminated several players on the day en route to finishing at the top of the pack. He even sent the last player to go out the door -- Oded Minond in ninth place -- in order to set the final table.
As you can see on the seating chart below, Komaromi and Engelberth Varela are the only two players over a million in chips and Komaromi has a very sizable lead over Varela. It's surely going to tough for anyone to overtake Komaromi if he can stay on top of things like he did here on Day 3, but this is poker and anything can happen. Komalomi is also the only Uruguayan to make the final table and it will be a great story if he can ride this chip lead out to a victory in his home country. Joining him will be four Brazilians, one Peruvian, one Argentinian and one Venezuelan.
Final Table Seating Assignments and Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafael Monteiro | Brazil | 810,000 |
| 2 | Felipe Pasini | Brazil | 345,000 |
| 3 | Nelson Trad Neto | Brazil | 405,000 |
| 4 | Carlos Watanabe | Peru | 430,000 |
| 5 | Alex Komaromi | Uruguay | 2,920,000 |
| 6 | Claudio Piedrabuena | Argentina | 490,000 |
| 7 | Fernando Araujo | Brazil | 860,000 |
| 8 | Engelberth Varela | Venezuela | 1,840,000 |
Play for the final table resumes tomorrow at 12:00 PM local time after a nice, early finish to the day today. PokerNews will be on hand for all of the live coverage from the final table as we move to crowning a brand new LAPT champion here in Punta del Este. First place is nearly $250,000 and you'll have to come right back here to find out who's going to be the man walking away with the title. For now we'll leave you with PokerNews' Lynn Gilmartin and Brazilian PokerStars Blogger Sergio Prado discussing today's top stories on PokerStars.tv. See you tomorrow.