Bernardo Dias opened to 8,500 from late position. Action folded to Martin Lategui in the small blind who pushed out a three-bet to 20,500.
Dias waited for a moment before plopping a large stack of blue T5,000 chips into the middle that had Lategui's stack covered.
"All in? All in!" announced Lategui, flipping up . Unfortunately for Lategui, he was behind Dias' .
The flop fell and Lategui was in need of one of the two remaining queens in the deck to stay alive. Dias' head sunk deeply into his hands as the rolled off on the turn. The board completed with the on the river and Lategui was able to score a key double up while crippling Dias.
Roberto Bianchi raised to 9,000 from the button and Takeo Nakati made it 29,000 from the big blind. Bianchi replied by moving all in for about 110,000 and Nakati quickly announced a call.
Bianchi:
Nakati:
Nakati grabbed the lead when the flop came . The came on the turn, and the river sealed Bianchi's fate.
Team PokerStars Pro Nacho Barbero opened to 8,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Guido Ruffini in the small blind who three-bet to 22,000. Barbero called and the two were off to the flop.
were spread in front of the two players and Ruffini checked to Barbero. Barbero opted to check as well and the came on fourth street. Ruffini checked for a second time and Nacho pushed out 26,000 chips. Ruffini responded by announcing that he was all in.
Ruffini had Barbero covered and after a moment, Barbero announced a call for his tournament life.
Barbero:
Ruffini:
Barbero was in dire need of help going to the river, and did not find it when the struck the board.
Barbero, who won this event in the LAPT's third season, will have to settle for a more minor cash this time around.
Damian Salas opened the action by moving all in for 35,000 from under the gun. It folded around to Osvaldo Silvio Resquin who made the call from the big blind.
Salas tabled and was racing with Resquin's . The flop brought and Resquin was still in the lead. Salas would need to pair his queen or ten in order to stay alive, but found no solace in the turn and the river.
From early position, Claudio Garrone made it 9,000 and was called by Francisco Neto in the cutoff. Julian Menendez pushed out a three-bet to 29,000 from the small blind and Rubens Zogbi four-bet all in for 66,500. Garrone and Neto got out of the way and Menendez called.
Zogbi:
Menendez:
The board fell and Zogbi's ace-queen high was able to hold. Menendez, however, who started the day as third in chips, has fallen far out of the top ten.
We caught up to see German Fernandez at risk with against Leandro Rubinsztain's .
The flop fell and Fernandez was in need of a miracle to say alive. Unfortunately for Frenandez, the fell on fourth street, leaving him drawing dead as the came on the river.
Action folded around to Eduardo Santi in the small blind who raised to 11,500. Bolivar Palacios opted to make it 26,100 from the big blind and Santi pondered for a bit before pushing out a four-bet to 60,000.
Palacios thought for about a minute before announcing that he was all in for about 180,000 and Santi snap called.
Palacios:
Santi:
The board ran out and Bolivar Palacios became the last man to be sent home with no prize money. From here on out, the remaining 56 players are guaranteed a payday of at least $3,700. That being said, everyone is still eyeing up the $186,820 first place prize money.
Claudio Garrone moved all in preflop and was called by Rubens Zogbi. Garrone thought that he was way ahead holding , but found that Zogbi had him equally matched with the .
The board ran out and the tournament director announced one more hand.