The Return of Garcia

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More often than not, being the Day 1 chip leader ends up being more of a curse than a gift. Often times it ends up being a shock that the person holding the most chips at the end of Day 1 even ends up cashing. This time around, however, Juan Garcia is out for blood.

Just coming off of winning a fair sized pot to boost him back into the chiplead, we found Garcia at it again as he raised to 18,000. This bet was met by a three-bet all in from Adriano Romeu for about 180,000. Action folded back to Garcia who nonchalantly announced a call.

Garcia: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
Romeu: {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}

Garcia's dominance continued, as the door card was the case jack. The board came {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} and Garcia's top set awarded him another sizable pot, putting him at the top of the leaderboard going into the dinner break.