Nível: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Nível: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
The Main Event players are on another break, with play resuming in about 20 minutes.
Registration is still open for another four levels, until the start of level 9.
Marcelo Gasparini limped in from under the gun, and the player in the hijack raised to 1,100. The player on the button called, and action was back on Gasparini. After thinking for a moment, he decided to limp-raise to 4,300. The hijack called, and the button folded.
The flop came and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Gasparini led out for 4,000 and his opponent quickly called.
The river was the and both players checked. Gasparini revealed and his opponent mucked.
Gasparini now has almost triple the starting stack and is building a tower of chips in front of him.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Marcelo Gasparini
|
70,000 | 45,000 |
Rodrigo Borquez was in the hijack and raised to 725. Lucas Baruc was on the button and three-bet to 2,550, Borquez called.
The flop was and Borquez checked. Baruc bet 4,100 and Borquez called.
The turn was the and Borquez checked again. Baruc reached for a handful of chips and bet enough to put Borquez to a decision for his remaining chips. Borquez tanked for almost three minutes before deciding to call, putting himself at risk.
Borquez tabled and Baruc showed .
The river was the miracle , giving Borquez a set of tens to double up and save his tournament life. Baruc was left shaking his head.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Rodrigo Borquez | 44,000 | 20,000 |
Lucas Baruc | 35,200 | -15,800 |
The under-the-gun player raised to 700 and was called by a player in early position. The hijack, cutoff, button, as well as Alex Manzano, in the big blind, came along.
The flop was and Manzano checked. The initial raiser led out for 800 and got calls all around, until action was back on Manzano. He then check-raised all in for 7,300, and everyone folded.
Manzano became short early on and raked in a much-needed pot to get him back in the game.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alex Manzano | 14,800 | 8,500 |
The player in the hijack raised to 800, and Jorge Postigo three-bet to 2,275. Franco Pandolfino four-bet to 5,200 from the small blind and got a call from the big blind. Both the hijack and Postigo folded.
The flop came and Pandolfino quickly checked. The big blind wasted no time and announced, "All in." Pandolfino only had about 7,000 chips behind, and he went into the tank. After about a minute, Pandolfino called.
Pandolfino stood up with excitement as the big blind tabled , because he held for a better pair.
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Pandolfino the double up he was looking for.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Franco Pandolfino
|
26,200 | 14,000 |
A player in early position raised to 900. The player in the cutoff called and Team PokerStars Pro, Leo Fernandez, defended his big blind.
The flop was and Fernandez checked. The initial raiser bet 2,200, the cutoff folded, and Fernandez called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river, which was the .
Fernandez led out for 2,000 and the player in early position thought for a minute before folding.
Fernandez is fresh off of his victory in the High Roller event and looks to carry on that momentum throughout the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Leo Fernandez
|
26,600 | 1,600 |
Just four levels have passed so far in Day 1a, and there have already been two re-entries.
Argentina's Gustavo Moscon and LAPT High Roller champion, Andres Jeckeln, had both hit the rail and decided to fire again.
Registration remains open for nine levels today and tomorrow, so it is likely there will be plenty of more re-entries as the days carry on.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Gustavo Moscon
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Andres Jeckeln | 25,000 | 25,000 |
The field continues to grow, with more and more players eyeing up the massive $500,000 guaranteed prizepool.
Among these players is high roller and Latin America Poker Tour champion, Alex Manzano. The Chilean pro has an impressive resume, including an LAPT Main Event win from 2011 in Brazil, a high roller win from the 2014 Latin Poker Series Millions II in Panama, a European Poker Tour €10,300 Pot Limit Omaha title, as well as a World Series of Poker circuit ring from Uruguay.
Manzano fired the PokerStars Festival Chile $3,300 High Roller a few days ago and fell just two spots from the money, so look for him to chase yet another title in his home country.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Alex Manzano | 25,000 |
Nível: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50