If you're interested in Medellin, the host city for this LAPT stop, you might find the following excerpt from the PokerStars program:
If you had the time to do a little traveling around Colombia's 1.1 million square kilometers of land, you could see both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The fourth biggest country in South America, Colombia is home to more than 45 million people, also making it the second most populated country.
Medellin is Colombia's second largest city (behind capital Bogota). More than three million people reside in the area and have helped it rise to become the top industrial city in the country. Nestled in the Aburra Valley and cut in half by the Medellin River, the city is also a center for some of the best nightlife (la rumba) in the country. Travel authorities now call Medellin, known as the "City of Eternal Spring," one of Latin America's safest big cities.
If you're looking for things to do during a day or night off, check out Catedral Metropolitana (Calle & Carrera) for some beautiful architecture, Restaurante Hato Viejo (Carrera 47 No 52-17 La Candelaria) for its stellar menu of local fare, or Zona Rosa (Calles 9 and 10A, and Carreras 36 and 42) for its famous nightlife scene.
Don't just read about it, check it out in the video below with Lynn Gilmartin's guided tour around town:
We're not sure how much was in the pot, but it was a big one that saw four player in the hand with a board reading . Three players checked to Andre Akkari on the button, and he threw out a bet of 2,500. Two of his opponents made the call, and then all three players checked the river.
The small blind revealed for two pair, which bested an early-position player's . Akkari flashed a before tossing his cards to the muck. Akkari is down to 35,000.
With 10,000 in the pot and a board reading , James Honeybone fired out 4,500 and put the pressure on his sole opponent, who was sitting on the button. It took awhile, but eventually the button made the call, only to muck when Honeybone revealed for a rivered pair of kings.
This is one of those hands we wish we'd have caught earlier, but as it was, Honeybone chipped up to 45,000.
Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari was just caught bluffing with bottom pair.
We picked up the action when the pot was three-handed to a board of . There was about 4,700 in the middle and two players checked to Akkari. He bet 2,000, chasing away one opponent. The fell on the river and once again it was checked to Akkari. He bet 4,100, sending his opponent into the tank. After about two minutes, his opponent called and celebrated exuberantly when Akkari sheepishly showed . His opponent turned over to win the pot.
We arrived at Leandro Csome's table and found that a short stack had three-bet all in for 3,525. Csome, who had committed 650, mulled it over for about 90 seconds before calling with . His opponent tabled and took down the pot with the ace-high flush when the board ran out .
A middle-position player limped only to have the player in the small blind raise to 1,150. Engelberth Varela came along for the ride from the big blind, and MP made the call, making it three-handed to the flop. The small blind wasted little time in betting out 1,600, Varela called, and the MP player pushed all in for 7,075 total.
The small blind got out of the way and Varela let out a long sigh before folding his face up. He is down to 31,000.
Jesus Bertoli has been working a short stack for quite some time. In a recent hand, he raised to 700 after action folded to him on the button. Only the big blind called and it was heads up to the flop. Nothing much happened, other than the big blind check-folding to a 2,200 bet, but it did allow Bertoli to survive a little bit longer.
With 1,650 in the pot and a board reading , the player in the small blind checked, as did a middle-position player. Action was then on James Honeybone, who fired out 800 from the button. The small blind woke up with a check-raise to 2,625, the MP got out of the way, and Honeybone made the call.
When the dealer burned and turned the , the small blind bet 3,500 and Honeybone made a quick call. The river saw both players check and Honeybone rolled over . It was good as the small blind mucked. The New Zealander, who has relocated to Brazil, is up to 27,000.
. Three players checked to Andre Akkari on the button, and he threw out a bet of 2,500. Two of his opponents made the call, and then all three players checked the 
river.
for two pair, which bested an early-position player's 
. Akkari flashed a 
before tossing his cards to the muck. Akkari is down to 35,000.
, James Honeybone fired out 4,500 and put the pressure on his sole opponent, who was sitting on the button. It took awhile, but eventually the button made the call, only to muck when Honeybone revealed 
for a rivered pair of kings.
. There was about 4,700 in the middle and two players checked to Akkari. He bet 2,000, chasing away one opponent. The 
fell on the river and once again it was checked to Akkari. He bet 4,100, sending his opponent into the tank. After about two minutes, his opponent called and celebrated exuberantly when Akkari sheepishly showed 
. His opponent turned over 
to win the pot.
and took down the pot with the ace-high flush when the board ran out 
flop. The small blind wasted little time in betting out 1,600, Varela called, and the MP player pushed all in for 7,075 total.
