Stuart McDonald raised to 17,000 from early position and was called by Andres Castro in middle position. The rest of the field cleared out of the way and it was heads up to the flop. McDonald put out a standard continuation-bet of 18,000, and Castro took about a minute before moving all in for 61,000.
It was only 43,000 back to McDonald, and he certainly had the chips to play; nonetheless, the raise seemed to concern him. "I don't know what you could have. ?" McDonald continued to think about the possibilities as the minutes ticked down on the clock. Finally, someone at the table called, "Tiempo," for a clock.
With about six second remaining on the countdown, McDonald made the call and flipped over . Castro sheepishly turned over and was looking for some help. The turn did more harm than good for Castro, while the river was the final nail in his coffin.
After a player in middle position limped in, Julian Menendez raised to 18,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to the limper who called, landing a flop.
It was checked to Menendez who bet 22,000. His opponent called to see the turn. Both checked, bringing out the on the river. The limper bet 16,000, but was immediately called by Menendez. It was for the limper, while Menendez had him beat with
Jason Sudol opened from early position for 19,000 and was promptly three-bet to 45,000 by the next player to act in middle position. The button thought a long time before releasing his hand, and the blinds both followed suit. With action back on Sudol, he took about 40 seconds of contemplation before gathering some chips and four-betting 80,000 more. The middle-position player took about an eighth of that time to fold his hand.
Sudol took down the hand without so much as a flop and increased his stack to 490,000.
Action folded around to the short-stacked Humberto Brenes in the small blind and he shipped his last 40,000, which was called by the player in the big blind.
Showdown
Brenes:
Big Blind:
The Team PokerStars Pro was behind, but he held live cards. The Costa Rican pro is very popular in Latin America, so it was no surprise the spectators were pulling for him. The flop gave the big blind a pair of four, and left Brenes looking for either a nine, ten, or running straight cards.
The took away any hope of a straight, and it was down to the river for "The Shark". Much to the disappointment of the entire room, the appeared, and with that, Brenes' time in Colombia came to a close.
As expected, the action has been fast and furious since the bubble burst. In the first hand after the bubble, two players busted at separate tables. Likewise, the hand after that saw another two players bust. However, the tournament staff added some time back to the clock, which means players won't be pressure by increased blind and antes for about another 25 minutes.
Who are the happiest people in the room? Probably the three players seated next to each other with 8,000, 9,000, and 10,000 chips respectively. Their patience paid off as at another table, another player was all in with against a bigger stack's .
The board ran out as the room (especially the rail) absolutely erupted in celebration when the ace hit the river to guarantee the final 63 a payday.
flop. McDonald put out a standard continuation-bet of 18,000, and Castro took about a minute before moving all in for 61,000.
?" McDonald continued to think about the possibilities as the minutes ticked down on the clock. Finally, someone at the table called, "Tiempo," for a clock.
. Castro sheepishly turned over 
and was looking for some help. The 
turn did more harm than good for Castro, while the 
river was the final nail in his coffin.
flop.
turn. Both checked, bringing out the 
on the river. The limper bet 16,000, but was immediately called by Menendez. It was 
for the limper, while Menendez had him beat with 
took away any hope of a straight, and it was down to the river for "The Shark". Much to the disappointment of the entire room, the 
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