As Level 30 (50,000/100,000/10,000) began Jerson Backmann of Mexico had built his stack up over 7 million, having about half the chips in play and 3 times as many as his nearest competitor.
A few hands went by, with both Luis Perez and Marcos Exterkotter having all-in shoves go uncalled. Then came a hand that saw Backmann raise from the button, a short-stacked Oscar Alache reraise all in from the small blind for 645,000 total, and Backmann call.
It was A♥4♥ for Alache and 3♠3♣ for Backmann, and the 6♦2♠4♦ flop hit Alache's hand while also giving Backmann some outs to catch up. However the turn was the 7♦ and river the Q♣, and after having some trouble coping with the big-stacked neighbor on his right today, Alache managed to snatch some chips back from Backmann.
From there the pattern was either Backmann would open with a raise and win, or another person would open-shove all in and win. Exterkotter won once, Alache twice, and Perez one time, while Backmann picked up the pots in between.
Then a hand arose that saw Campodonico raise the minimum to 200,000 from the small blind, Perez push for 710,000 from the massive blind, and Campodonico call.
Perez was ahead but in a precarious spot with A♣9♥ versus Campodonico's K♠J♦, and still had the threshold after the T♦5♠6♠ flop. However the J♥ turn gave Campodonico the lead, and after the 6♦ river they were all the way down to four.
They crossed the midway point of the level, and returned to the similar pattern with Exterkotter, then Alache, then Alache again pushing all in and getting no action. Then Campodonico began to do a little standard raising, too, having climbed up out of the risk zone.
Then came a hand that saw the Exterkotter open all-in for 1,255,000 from the button and Alache calling him from the large blind.
Exterkotter had T♦9♠ and needed improvement against Alache's A♠T♣. The 4♥2♠6♠ flop and 5♦ turn didn't help the Brazilian, but did offer a possibility for a split pot. Fifth street then brought the Q♠, and Extertotter was done in fourth.
They're now taking a brief break a couple of minutes shy of the realization of Level 30. Listed here are the stacks at present:
Jerson Backmann (Mexico) -- 7,745,000Oscar Alache (Chile) -- 3,145,000Daniel Campodonico (Uruguay) -- 2,685,000
Photography from LAPT7 Peru by Carlos Monti. Take a look at the start-to-finish live streaming coverage (in both Spanish and Portuguese) at PokerStars.tv. Click here for live updates in Spanish, and here for live updates in Portuguese.
Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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