Garcia Alba Closes In On Perez
Sergio Perez came in as the Day 1a chip leader and really started to run up a stack on the feature table, breaching the 800,000 chip mark at one point. However, just moments ago, he got involved in a massive pot against fellow big stack Pablo Garcia Alba.
Perez opened to 12,000 in middle position and Garcia Alba re-raised to 35,000 on his left. The action folded back to Perez who called to see a flop of 
.
Perez checked to Garcia Alba who continued with a bet of 20,000. Perez check-raised to 60,000 and Garcia Alba called. The 
landed on the turn and Perez dropped in another bet of 100,000. Garcia Alba still called and the 
paired the board on the river.
Perez checked this time and Garcia Alba slid out a bet of 200,000, leaving just 1,000 chips behind. Perez thought briefly but decided to lay his hand down as the two players are nearly even in chips now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
324,500
|
324,500 |
|
|
603,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
and Costa check-called a bet of 15,000 from Steble.
and both players checked to the 
on the river. Costa led out with a large bet of 104,000 which put Steble into the tank. After a couple of minutes, he eventually folded and Costa tabled 
as he was being pushed the pot.
and David Alejandre checked from the big blind. There was a bet of 10,000 in early position and Manuel Clement just called in the cutoff. Alejandre check-raised all in for 102,000 which got the initial better to fold but Clement instantly called.
on the river were no help to Alejandre who was eliminated.
on the turn left Nunez drawing dead to the 
on the river.
.
on the turn and the 
for complete air. Moura flipped over 
and was called by his opponent with 
. A deuce on the turn spelled the end to the tournament for Enriquez who headed for the exit.
