Rise of Galindo

Jose Galindo has been in the ascendancy at the final table of the PPT Main Event, doubling up and then winning further big duels with the likes of Rumen Nanev and Santiago Soriano.

First he defended his big blind to Nanev's button raise and after some thought on the J♥3♣Q♥ flop, he check-raised the Bulgarian's 55,000 c-bet all-in.

The call eventually followed and Nanev showed Q9 vs the K10 - and open-ended straight draw - of Galindo. A nine on the turn was sufficient to swing the hand in Galindo's favour.

He was soon sparring once more, this time with Soriano, raising 41,000 pre-flop and c-betting for 55,000 when it came J♥3♣Q♥. The ever-aggressive Santiago raised to 123,000 but was forced to fold when his compatriot came back over the top all-in.

He now has around 800,000 chips.