Leo Fernandez Applying Pressure
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
With a substantial pot of about 10,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of 
, PokerStars Team Pro Leo Fernandez was on the button and heads-up against a player in middle position who bet 3,600. Fernandez shoved for a total of 20,600, sending his opponent into the tank. He ultimately folded and Fernandez stacked the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000
10,600
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10,600 |
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. Colonese checked over to Gabrenja who bet 400. Colonese called. 
and both players checked over to see the 
on the river. There Colonese checked a third time. Gabrenja put out a bet of 2,200 and after thinking about it for a little bit, Colonese called. Gabrenja showed 
for a pair of aces and that was good to earn him the small pot.
and Stankovic checked. Aceiton bet 2,200 and Trevillian raised to 6,000. Stankovic folded and Aceiton tanked for about a minute before he called.
and Aceiton checked. Trevillian bet 10,000, sending Aceiton into the tank again. After over a minute, Aceiton picked up his remaining stack and slammed it onto the table in place before flicking his cards into the muck, and Trevillian took the pot.
, action checked to Christopher Franco in the cutoff and he bet 2,500, sending his opponent, who was under the gun, into the tank. After about half a minute, he folded, and Franco took the pot.
action was on Mark Scacewater and he had a bet of 16,000 out in front of him. That put Christian Aceiton in the tank and the bet was big enough to put him all in for his tournament life. He thought about it for a long while before finally pushing forward his stack to call. 
for the made flush. Aceiton tried to muck his cards without showing but he was forced to turn up his 
which was drawing dead. 
and that would do it, eliminating Aceiton from the tournament as Scacewater was able to chip up early here on Day 1b, already doubling his stack.
fell on the river and Fernandez bet again, 5,000 this time. His opponent called and Fernandez quickly tabled 
for flopped two pair. The button tossed his cards into the muck and Fernandez took the pot.
with already 10,000 in the pot. Matias Gabrenja was facing a bet of 2,500 from the player to his right. Gabrenja thought about it for about a minute before calling the bet. 
and Gabrenja's opponent checked. Gabrenja thought about it for roughly three minutes before finally putting out a bet of 8,500. The player folded relatively quickly. Gabrenja looked as if he was going to muck his hand, but then decided to turn it over revelaing 
for a rivered straight flush. Some of the members of the table laughed as Gabrenja smiled and scooped the pot.
Matias Gabrenja was in middle position and bet 2,100 into his lone opponent, Georges Hajjar in the hijack. Hajjar shoved for 15,850, sending Gabrenja into the tank. Ultimately, he called to put Hajjar at risk and both players tabled their hands.
