Del Vecchio Takes From Benitez

Leo Fernandez limped from the button and so did Michael Del Vecchio from the small blind. Big blind Francisco Benitez checked his option and the three players saw the [qcts3h] flop. All three checked and the [8d] fell on the turn. Del Vecchio bet 215,000 and he found one caller in

Fernandez Has His Opponent Drawing Dead

When we got to the table, the turn was out in a hand between Leo Fernandez on the button and his opponent in the hijack. With the board reading [4hAc8h] [6c], Fernandez was all in for 1,220,000 while his opponent sat in the tank. The hijack had slightly fewer chips

Benitez Takes it With a Three-Bet

The player in the cutoff limped and Leo Fernandez raised to 150,000 from the button. Small blind Michael Del Vecchio called the raise by his Argentinian neighbor, but Francisco Benitez three-bet to 450,000. The limper got out of the way and so did Fernandez and Del Vecchio. The pot was pushed

Fernandez Busts Gonzalez

Two high rollers just clashed, and it was the younger one to bite the dust. We missed most of the action, but table mate Ryan Riess was kind enough to fill us in on some of the details. Fabrizio Gonzalez opened from early position and the small blind called. Leo Fernandez

Fernandez Eliminated

Dzmitry Urbanovich raised from early position to 180,000 with [qsqc] and it folded to Leo Fernandez in the small blind. He ripped his last 1,540,000 in with [khjh] and was called by Urbanovich. The [ksqh5c] flop left Fernandez drawing to a runner-runner flush, straight, or full house. The [th] was the

Another Double for Fernandez

It folded to Leo Fernandez on the hijack and he put 420,000 in the middle with [acjs]. Fernandez was all in for the second time since joining the feature table and he was called by James Romero from the small blind. The big blind folded and they opened up. Leo Fernandez:

Fernandez Doubles

Leo Fernandez sat in the small blind with [ahjh] and it folded to him. He put his last 210,000 in the middle and big blind Aaron Been called it off with [qh4h]. The board ran out [jsjd9casac] and Fernandez secured a double up.

Lijo Busts Once More

Antonio Martinac limped under the gun for 40,000 and his neighbor Lander Lijo shoved for 490,000 total. The action folded to Leo Fernandez in the cutoff and he tanked for a bit before calling, leaving himself just 40,000 behind. The button, blinds, and limped Martinac folded. Lander Lijo: [KhJd] Leo Fernandez: [QhQd] The

Leo Fernandez Eliminated

We initially missed the action but Brunno Botteon De Albuquerque was kind enough to fill us in on the details after the hand was over. De Albuquerque was first to act and opened to 18,000 in the previous level. Leo Fernandez called from the big blind. Fernandez checked on [4x6x9x] with a