Day 1 Ends with a Rush for Ospina
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We've reached the end of Day 1 of the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Peru Main Event. It was quite an end of the day for Colombian Daniel Ospina. After lurking below the radar for most of the day, he hit an incredible rush in the last two levels to bag up a tournament-leading and eye-popping 264,200 chips.
"The last few Main Events I played I didn't even make it through Day 1," said Ospina. "It was frustrating."
What started out as frustration for Ospina ended as frustration for some of his opponents and many of the other players in the field. Of the 350 that entered the tournament, fewer than 122 survived the day. Notable eliminated players included defending champion Jose Barbero, who was out early; LAPT Brazil champion Alex Manzano; Team PokerStars Pros Gualter Salles and Christian de Leon; and young guns Joe Serock and James Honeybone.
Tomorrow the survivors will return at noon local time for Day 2. Joining Ospina at the top of the leaderboard will be Lisandro Gallo (164,000), and a host of players in the range of 130,000 to 150,000 in chips. We'll play down to 24 players, a task projected to take eight levels.
Until then, you can find us at the bar.
(Special thanks to PokerStarsBlog photographer Carlos Monti for all photos that appeared in the Photo Gallery today.)