Daniel Ospina opened to 4,500 in middle position. The player on the button three-bet to 13,600, getting folds from the players in the blinds. Ospina was quick to four-bet all in for 42,700, sending the three-bettor into the tank about 90 seconds before he called.
Ospina:
Button:
The flop was bad for Ospina, giving his opponent a flush draw. Sure enough, the turn sealed Ospina's fate. The was merely a formality as Daniel Ospina, the man currently in second place on the LAPT leaderboard, will not be adding points to his total in the Main Event.
Freddy Torres began the day as the chip leader, although he took a hit early on. It now appears Torres is headed back in the right direction. In a recent hand, action folded to the player in the hijack and he put in a raise. Torres defended from the big blind, creating a 14,000 pot, and the flop came down .
Torres checked, the hijack bet 6,600, and the Team PokerStars Pro check-raised to 14,000. Not to be outdone, the hijack three-bet to 25,000, but Torres quickly four-bet all in for around 156,000. The hijack had around 70,000 behind and was put to the test. After spending a couple minutes in the tank, he conceded the hand to Torres, who is now up to 215,000.
Colombian Team PokerStars Online member Freddy Torres began the day as the chip leader. Lynn Gilmartin had a chat to him just before he took his seat today for PokerStars.tv:
A player in middle position opened for 4,800 and was soon met with a three-bet to 10,000 by Daniel Ospina on the button. Both blinds got out of the way while the original raiser made the call, leaving himself just 21,000 behind.
Both players proceeded to check the flop, leading to the turn. The middle-position player checked, and Ospina fired out four T5,000 chips for a bet of 20,000. His opponent thought long and hard before conceding the hand. Ospina, who currently sits in second place on the LAPT Player of the Year Leaderboard, flashed the as he raked in the pot. He is up to 115,000.
We're not sure when the money went into the pot, but there was 43,000 in the middle with a board reading . Pablo Martin-Romo Ruiz was all in against Nicolas Cottin, but was saved by the river.
Following a flop, Roxana Azar was all in for about 40,000 with against an opponent's . The turn and river secured the double for Azar who is now sitting with about 100,000.
On a flop of , Marta Ramírez Hermosilla got all of her chips in the pot and was at risk against Carlos Alas.
Showdown
Hermosilla:
Alas:
Hermosilla was way behind preflop, but found salvation on the flop. Neither the turn nor river changed a thing, and Hermosilla doubled to around 110,000; meanwhile, Alas was left with just 16,000.
flop was bad for Ospina, giving his opponent a flush draw. Sure enough, the 
turn sealed Ospina's fate. The 
was merely a formality as Daniel Ospina, the man currently in second place on the LAPT leaderboard, will not be adding points to his total in the Main Event.
flop, leading to the 
turn. The middle-position player checked, and Ospina fired out four T5,000 chips for a bet of 20,000. His opponent thought long and hard before conceding the hand. Ospina, who currently sits in second place on the 
against Marta Ramírez Hermosilla's 
, safe for Ramírez Hermosilla. The 
river secured the pot for Ramírez Hermosilla,
flop, Roxana Azar was all in for about 40,000 with 
turn nor 
river changed a thing, and Hermosilla doubled to around 110,000; meanwhile, Alas was left with just 16,000.