We've been trying to catch a hand with Latin American Poker Tour Season 4 Player of the Year Pablo Gonzalez, but we're not having a lot of luck. We can tell you that he was recently moved to Table 18 and is nursing a stack of 18,000.
For those who don't know, Gonzalez captured the POY award last year but failed to capture a title. You can read more about the Colombian, check out the PokerStars Blog.
After the player under the gun opened with a raise, Fernandez moved all in from late position for about 19,000 with . Unfortunately for him, Claudio Lopez woke up with two seats over and called. The UTG raiser ducked out of the way, giving way for the board to run out king high.
It wasn't enough for Fernandez, out during Level 8 on Day 1a.
Jamie Atelenoff, who finished in ninth place in this very event back in Season II, had been nursing a short stack for much of the day. Now, it appears, the veteran has been eliminated from the tournament as his former seat has been occupied by a new player.
Freddy Torres was recently moved to Table 13, which is where we caught the action with about 5,000 in the pot and a board reading . Torres had just moved all in from middle position while his late-position opponent mulled over the call, which he eventually made.
Showdown
Torres
Opponent
Both players had flopped a pair of aces, and with the big cards that accompanied the ace on the board, it looked like it was going to be a chop. The turn made it so, while the inconsequential was put out on the river. Chop it up.
Torres is still sitting on a short stack of around 11,000.
From the small blind, Daniela Horno called an early-position player's raise to see an flop. Both checked and did the same when the turn fell. The action picked up on the river when Horno check-called 3,000, but she was beat by her opponent's . Horno flashed the as she mucked her hand.
We're not sure how it happened, but it appears Leo Fernandez has been eliminated from the tournament. We recently visited the feature table, which is raised on a stage of sorts, only to discover a new face in Seat 9, the spot occupied by the Argentinian pro from the start of the day.
A quick look around the room confirms that Fernandez is nowhere to be found and has been eliminated from the tournament.
Kristy, Chad, and Mickey recently recorded a podcast from Vina del Mar, Chile for the LAPT's Season 5 kick off, while guest Matt Waxman talks with Rich and Donnie about his win at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, the PokerNews Fan Bracket, and the Players Poker Championship in Aruba.
We're not sure how it happened, but Rodrigo Arguello has disappeared from the tournament. A quick check of his seat, which is empty and void of chips, leads us to believe that he has been eliminated.
. Unfortunately for him, Claudio Lopez woke up with 
two seats over and called. The UTG raiser ducked out of the way, giving way for the board to run out king high.
. Torres had just moved all in from middle position while his late-position opponent mulled over the call, which he eventually made.
turn made it so, while the inconsequential 
flop. Both checked and did the same when the 
river when Horno check-called 3,000, but she was beat by her opponent's 
. Horno flashed the 
