A few years from now, when South Americans look back on what they consider the watershed moments for the rise of poker on this Southern Hemisphere continent, someone will invariably point to the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour's Colombian National Poker Championship. It was a smaller buy-in event --...more

Jonathan Monsalves eliminated in 2nd place; Julian Menendez wins 2011 Colombian National Poker Championship! At long last, it came down to another flip for Julian Menendez and Jonathan Monsalves. Menendez limped the button for 150,000; Monsalves shoved all in with A♠5♦ and Menendez called with 4♠4♥. This time around Monsalves...more

10:58pm: Break time The remaining six players are on a fifteen-minute break. When they return, updates will be in a new post. 10:49pm: Rafael Pardo eliminated in 7th place It was inevitable that some of these flips were going to start going the bigger stack's way. Alexis Gomez (pictured below)...more

We made it. At one point last night, late on Day 2 of the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour's Colombian National Poker Championship, it seemed like we might never make it to Day 3. A generous structure, combined with a surprising lack of big stacks to drive the action,...more

When I got out of bed this morning, I knew that Day 2 of the 2011 LAPT Colombian National Poker Championship promised to be a very, very long day. It comes with the territory sometimes, and there's not much you can do about it. The long day speaks volumes about...more

1:31am: Two eliminations to end Day 2 Martin Romero put in a strong showing on Day 2, but as the stacks became shallower and shallower he lost most of his leverage. He eventually moved all in with pocket kings but was outdrawn by ace-queen. And on the very last hand...more

You see a lot of things on the tournament circuit. Poker, after all, is a game filled with improbability. But there were three improbabilities on Day 1b of the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour's Colombian National Poker Championship that made even a veteran tournament reporter like me take pause....more

12:05am: Day 1b ends; Csome leads What a comeback for Leandro Csome! Down to just 10,000 chips at one point, he came roaring back to claim the overnight chip lead with 149,000. We'll have a full recap of the day's events up on the blog soon. 11:44pm: The field sits...more

9:50pm: Last break Players are on their last 15-minute break of the day. 9:21pm: Table change! The players at Table 12 have all requested a table change -- as in, they want a brand new table to play on. Their current table has developed a case of the wobbles. It...more

We asked LAPT Tournament Director Mike Ward earlier today on Day 1a of the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour Season 4 Colombia National Poker Championship to name the one thing without which he couldn't do his job. He didn't miss a beat with his response. "Players." Any time an operator...more

12:10am: Torres is the overnight leader The bags are out on all of our remaining 12 tables here on Day 1a of the 2011 LAPT Colombian National Poker Championship. The overnight chip leader will be Team Online player Fredy Torres, who rode a late surge to a stack of 207,000....more

9:55pm: Last fifteen-minute break of the night 9:43pm: Luis Perez crippled by a nasty, nasty beat Sometimes all you can do in poker is get your chip sin with the best of it and hope the cards break your way. Luis Perez must have been thinking about nothing but value...more