Welcome to First-Ever LAPT Stop in Colombia!
The PokerNews crew is here at the Casino Allegre in the city of Medellín, Colombia for the fifth stop of the PokerStars.net Latin America Poker Tour Season IV, also known as the Colombia National Poker Championship.
The first-ever stop in Colombia couldn't have been timed any better as two Colombians, Pablo Gonzalez and Daniel Ospina, currently sit atop the LAPT Player of the Year Leaderboard with 1,125 and 990 points, respectively. It'll be interesting to see if they can distance themselves from the pack here on their home turf, or if a new player will make a name for him or herself.
This is the first of two starting days and officials are expecting quite the turnout, with rumors suggesting 700-plus. The plan for the day is to play ten levels, each lasting one hour.
The venue is superb and the players seem anxious. We're expecting a day full of fast-paced action and eliminations, all of which will get underway in a little less than an hour.