This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. Anyone visiting Panama City should make a journey to look the engineering marvel where you may watch the ships passing throughout the locks from one side to the opposite and find out about the history behind the building and upkeep of the world's most famed short cut.
With a four-floor museum including a film theater, tourists can receive a snappy history lesson of the Panama Canal's construction that dates the entire as far back as the 16th century when Spaniards first came to the isthmus.
One can find out about the failed (and for many, fatal) attempt by the French to build a canal within the late 19th century, the treaty with the U.S... and the decade-long construction culminating within the 1914 opening, the Torrijos-Carter Treaties of 1977 that set the stage for the transfer of the Canal to Panama initially of 2000, and the long run plan for expansion already underway.
Perhaps essentially the most overwhelming impression one gets from such study and from observing the Panama Canal in action is how incredibly complicated are both its history and operation. Never mind the backstory filled with conflicts, negotiations, and treaties. Even the passage of a single cargo ship in the course of the 80-kilometer passage is stuffed with complex machinations involving the 3 locks, the raising of ships from sea level to that of the unreal Gatun Lake then go into reverse to sea level at the other side, and the meticulous scheduling of such manuevers.
It takes eight to ten hours for a boat to make its way during the canal -- concerning the same period of time they'll likely be playing today within the LAPT Panama Main Event -- although with the paperwork involved it's essentially a day-long procedure. Still beats going the entire way around South America to get from the Atlantic to the Pacific or vice-versa.
People from dozens of nations were curious about the development of the Panama Canal, and vessels from greater than 70 different countries use it annually. Similar to the LAPT -- which this year attracted players from 39 different countries to take part frequently Event -- the Canal brings the sector together, providing a way for interaction, commerce, and potential profit.
Speaking of, in the course of the middle component to the afternoon the sphere have been carved right down to just 18 players, bringing those remaining towards the largest prizes on offer.
Jordan Westmorland (25th), Marco Zevola (24th), Richard Naranjo (23rd), Fabian Restrepo (22nd), and Arturo Morales (21st) successively fell over the last hour-and-a-half. LAPT4 Brazil winner Alex Manzano of Chile then took A♣5♠ up against Nick Russo's T♠T♥ and failing to enhance went out in 20th.
And Juan Martin Pastor have been knocked out in addition in 19th after his K♠5♦ couldn't catch as much as Jon Rua's A♣K♠.
Just 10 more eliminations to head before they reach the eight-handed final table, then seven more until a champion is crowned. No short cuts here.
Photography from LAPT7 Panama by Carlos Monti. Click here for live updates in Spanish, and here for live updates in Portuguese. Also take a look at the start-to-finish live streaming coverage (in both Spanish and Portuguese) at PokerStars.tv.
Martin Harris is Freelance Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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