Josh_Cahlik
Angel Guillen is Now Below Average Stack
Action folded to Francisco Neto on the button who popped it up to 22,000. Angel Guillen called from the small blind and the big blind opted to get out of the way.
The flop fell and Guillen check-called a bet of 20,000. The turn brought the and Guillen checked once again. Neto continued his aggression with a bet of 45,000 and Guillen called one more time.
Fifth street brought the and Guillen checked for a third time. Neto pushed out a stack of 80,000 and Guiellen went into the tank. Neo called the clock on Guillen who continued to ponder a decision.
With only five seconds remaining, Guillen threw away his hand. Neto pushed his hand to Guillen and told him to pick one. Guillen merely shrugged and Neto flipped up the to the table.
We missed the exact details of the hand, but can report that Ariel Celestino was all in and at risk for his final 210,000 holding against the of chip leader Guido Ruffini.
Celestino skyrocketed into the lead when the flop came . Celestino retained his lead through the turn and the river. With that loss, Ruffini has been knocked down to about 350,000, while Celestino is sitting pretty at 420,000.
More often than not, being the Day 1 chip leader ends up being more of a curse than a gift. Often times it ends up being a shock that the person holding the most chips at the end of Day 1 even ends up cashing. This time around, however, Juan Garcia is out for blood.
Just coming off of winning a fair sized pot to boost him back into the chiplead, we found Garcia at it again as he raised to 18,000. This bet was met by a three-bet all in from Adriano Romeu for about 180,000. Action folded back to Garcia who nonchalantly announced a call.
Garcia:
Romeu:
Garcia's dominance continued, as the door card was the case jack. The board came and Garcia's top set awarded him another sizable pot, putting him at the top of the leaderboard going into the dinner break.
The remaining 23 players are now on a sixty-minute dinner break, and that means so are we! We'll leave you with some break time entertainment as Lynn Gilmartin calls the clock on Felipe Ramos. Join us back in an hour for all of the action as the LAPT Punta del Este reaches its exciting conclusion.
Angel Guillen opened to 16,000 in early position and was called by Vladimir Dobrovolskiy in the cutoff. Leandro Rubinsztain came along from the small blind as well to see a flop.
It checked around to Dobrovolskiy who bet 24,000. Rubinsztain called, but Guillen had other ideas as he shoved for 184,000. Dobrovolskiy re-raised all in over the top and was no doubt surprised when Rubinsztain immediately called all in for about 140,000.
Rubinsztain:
Guillen:
Dobrovolskiy:
Rubinsztain had both players in terrible shape with his straight. The hit the turn to give Guillen outs to a full house or quads, while Dobrovolskiy was left drawing to broadway.
The river paired the board to give Guillen a winning full house, crippling Dobrovolskiy and eliminating Rubinsztain.
and Guillen check-called a bet of 20,000. The turn brought the 
and Guillen checked once again. Neto continued his aggression with a bet of 45,000 and Guillen called one more time.
and Guillen checked for a third time. Neto pushed out a stack of 80,000 and Guiellen went into the tank. Neo called the clock on Guillen who continued to ponder a decision.
to the table.
. Celestino retained his lead through the 
turn and the 
river. With that loss, Ruffini has been knocked down to about 350,000, while Celestino is sitting pretty at 420,000.
flop.
hit the turn to give Guillen outs to a full house or quads, while Dobrovolskiy was left drawing to broadway.
river paired the board to give Guillen a winning full house, crippling Dobrovolskiy and eliminating Rubinsztain.
