The player under the gun opened for 2,000 and action folded around to Juan Garcia who called from the big blind.
The flop fell and Garcia checked. His opponent continued out with a bet of 3,000 only to find Garcia put in a raise, making it 6,500 to go. His opponent called and the turn came . Both players checked and found the fall on fifth street. The two checked once more and Garcia tabled for a pair of sevens and a busted straight draw, but was ultimately behind his opponent's .
Although Garcia lost some during that hand, he is still sitting atop the leaderboard with about 144,000 in chips.
We caught up to the action to see a board read and over 22,000 in the pot. A player checked and Fabrizio Gonzalez shoved out a bet. His opponent called and the river brought the .
Gonzalez' opponent checked once more and Gonzalez threw out a bet of 7,800. After about two minutes of riffling chips and pondering his action, his opponent threw his hand to the muck, awarding Gonzalez the pot. Gonzalez is now sitting on about 80,000.
Julian Menendez opened to 1,750 in middle position and was called by the player in the big blind.
The flop came down and it was checked to Menendez. He bet 1,700, but was raised to 4,400 by his opponent. A call from Menendez landed the on the turn which both players checked. The hit the river and the big blind bet 7,600, quickly getting called by Menendez.
The of the big blind was second best to the of Menendez, giving the Season 4 LAPT Colombia champion nearly double his starting Day 2 stack.
The player under the gun opened the action with a raise to 2,000 and he received a call from the player in the small blind as well as Team PokerStars pro Nacho Barbero in the big blind.
The flop fell and all three players checked their option. Fourth street brought the and the small blind checked. Barbero, however, pushed out a bet of 4,100. The player under the gun called and the small blind made what looked to be a painful fold.
The struck the river and Barbero checked. His opponent quickly checked behind and Barbero shook his head, tabling for the nuts. His opponent shot his hand into the muck and Barbero was able to scoop the pot, although it seemed it was not as big of a pot as he would have liked it to be.
We got to the table to find a player with his entire stack in the middle. Last year's champion, Alex Komaromi, called the all in with . In front of his opponent was the and strewn in front of them both was a flop of .
The turn brought the , giving Komaromi any ace, king, or heart as outs for the win. Unfortunately for Komaromi, the river was the and he was forced to hand over a majority of his stack.
After suffering a big loss earlier in the level, Alex Komaromi moved the rest of his stack all in while holding on a board of . Sadly for Komaromi, his opponent showed for top set.
The turn and river rolled out and and last year's champion was sent to the rail.
and Garcia checked. His opponent continued out with a bet of 3,000 only to find Garcia put in a raise, making it 6,500 to go. His opponent called and the turn came 
. Both players checked and found the 
fall on fifth street. The two checked once more and Garcia tabled 
for a pair of sevens and a busted straight draw, but was ultimately behind his opponent's 
.
and over 22,000 in the pot. A player checked and Fabrizio Gonzalez shoved out a bet. His opponent called and the river brought the 
on the turn which both players checked. The 
hit the river and the big blind bet 7,600, quickly getting called by Menendez.
of the big blind was second best to the 
of Menendez, giving the Season 4 LAPT Colombia champion nearly double his starting Day 2 stack.
struck the river and Barbero checked. His opponent quickly checked behind and Barbero shook his head, tabling 
for the nuts. His opponent shot his hand into the muck and Barbero was able to scoop the pot, although it seemed it was not as big of a pot as he would have liked it to be.
and strewn in front of them both was a flop of 
.
, giving Komaromi any ace, king, or heart as outs for the win. Unfortunately for Komaromi, the river was the 
and he was forced to hand over a majority of his stack.
and 
and last year's champion was sent to the rail.
