Day 1a Concludes With Freddy Torres Leading The Way
Season 4 of the Latin American Poker Tour resumed on Thursday with Day 1a of LAPT Colombia, presented by PokerStars.net. The Allegre Casino poker room was absolutely packed as the field was capped at 330. The same is expected tomorrow's Day 1b. After ten levels of play on Day 1a, an unofficial 104 remain and will return on Saturday for Day 2. Leading the way is PokerStars Team Online's Freddy Torres with 207,000.
Torres held an average stack for a little while before winning a key pot that got the ball rolling. With the board reading 
, an opponent with 
got his chips in the middle against Torres' 
. The 
turn and 
river secured the pot for Torres, helping pave the way for his rise to the top of the counts.
It was a rough start to the day for other members of Team PokerStars, as three were felted early on. In less than an hour between Levels 3 and 4, Mexico's Christian de Leon and Angel Guillen, as well as Argentina's Nacho Barbero all were eliminated. Costa Rica's Humberto Brenes, on the other hand, survived and will return for Day 2 with 53,700.
Day 1b kicks off at noon local time tomorrow, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all of the action. Until then, goodnight from Medellin!