An early-position player opened for 11,000 only to have Eric Brenes, who was next to act, move all in for 32,500 more. Action folded back around to the original raiser, and after thinking it over and having the stack counted down, he made the call.
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Brenes
EP
Brenes was ahead, but nervous nonetheless as he stood from his seat in anticipation of the flop . . . . It didn't hit the EP player directly, but it did give him a flush draw, which came in on the turn. Brenes grabbed his hat and swatted it against the table in frustration as the meaningless was put out on the river.
Action folded to Thiago Nishijima in the cutoff and he opened for 8,500, which Luis Montano called from the big blind. The flop saw Montano check, Nishijima continuation bet 9,500 and Montano announce a raise. Before he could put out an amount, Nishijima sent his cards to the muck.
From under the gun, Brent Sheirbon moved all in for his last 26,000. One by one his opponents folded around to the player in the big blind, who announced a call.
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Sheirbon
Big Blind
Sheirbon opted to put it all in with the suited one-gappers, and it appeared to pay off as the flop came down . Unfortunately for Sheirbon, his hope would be short lived as the dealer burned and turned the . The river changed nothing, and Sheirbon shook hands with his opponent before making his way to the payout desk.
We didn't catch the hand, but we do know that Claudio Scandura from Chile recently finished as the LAPT Vina Chile National Poker Championship bubble boy, which secures a minimum payday of $1,550 for the remaining 104 players.