Ospina Cuts Down One Brenes; One Lerner Still Firing; Guillen Re-Building

Daniel Ospina has claimed his first victim of the day at the expense of Family Brenes. It was a cooler for Alex Brenes when he ran his queens into Ospina's kings. Alex is the first Brenes to bust from the tournament.

At the other end of the room, Derek Lerner is putting lots of pressure on his table with constant raises and re-raises. He seems firmly in control. One table away, Angel Guillen is back up to 75,000 after taking an early hit. He played a big pot against Jimmy Castano. Castano check-called 3,600 on a flop of {j-Hearts} {4-Spades} {a-Spades} and 7,100 on the {2-Spades} turn. He checked a third time when the river fell {q-Clubs} .

Guillen sized up Castano's remaining stack of roughly 40,000 and then bet that amount. Castano tanked for three minutes before folding.

On a more somber note, Someone has draped a Brazilian flag over the empty chair that should be occupied by Andre Akkari this afternoon. As mentioned earlier, the well-regarded Akkari has returned to Brazil after the death last night of his father. Akkari is not the only no-show today; so far Miguel Velaso is also yet to turn up.