Fernando Garcia Spikes the River
While Fernando Garcia may not be a household poker name in the U.S.A. he is definitely one of Brazil's brightest poker stars. In 2013 he took down the Brazil Series of Poker High Roller for $123,000 USD as well as two other tournaments in that same series for roughly $20,000 USD more. Garcia is here today and has made it into the money. Recently he's started to acquire chips as well.
A preflop confrontation led to one player being all in and at risk against Garcia. Garcia was holding 
against his opponents 
.
His opponent picked up the lead on the 
flop and he held it through the 
turn. But Garcia got lucky when the came on the river to give him a better pair. That earned him the knockout and the pot of roughly 130,000 chips padding his stack to nearly 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 109,000 |