Hugo Kahan Eliminated in 11th Place ($9,280)
While the huge pot played out on the feature table, Hugo Kahan was quietly eliminated on the secondary table.
While the huge pot played out on the feature table, Hugo Kahan was quietly eliminated on the secondary table.
On the last hand of the level, Pablo Gonzales opened from under the gun for 62,000. Daniel Ospina was sitting in the big blind and put in a three-bet that Gonzales called. Both players checked a paired flop, . On the turn , Ospina bet 150,000 that Gonzales did not hesitate to call.
The river was the . Ospina eyed the board, then carefully cut 375,000 off of his stack and slid it across the betting line. Gonzales has shown little desire to tangle with Ospina in big pots today. He slumped back in his chair and folded his arms across his chest. After two minutes he finally mucked his cards.
The stack disparities at the feature table between the haves and the have-nots finally created a crazy hand. Juan Marsano was the first player into the pot, opening all in for 173,000. Derek Lerner was right behind and stuck his own 205,000 into the middle. Then chip leader Daniel Ospina stuck in a re-raise of his own, and with the best hand.
Showdown
Marsano:
Lerner:
Ospina:
Ospina had the best hand at the river too, making a club flush on a board of . Marsano, with fewer chips than Lerner, was deemed the 13th-place finisher. Lerner finished in 12th, and Ospina is up to 2.26 million of the 7 million total chips in play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Ospina |
1,750,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
Samar Hodali
|
975,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
Pablo Gonzales
|
930,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
Leonardo Zepeda
|
700,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Alcides Tovar
|
400,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
Mayu Roca |
370,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Hugo Kahan
|
340,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Karlo Lopez |
330,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Derek Lerner |
230,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Kemal Ferri |
230,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
Raul Pino
|
210,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
Michel Barham
|
160,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Juan Marsano
|
150,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
It was a quick one-two punch for Marcelo Caceras. He had barely regrouped from doubling up Derek Lerner when he was dealt and open-shoved for about 120,000. Action passed to Daniel Ospina in the back blind, who thought for more than a minute before finally taking a flyer with . The board was clean for Caceras through the turn, , but an unlucky on the river paired Ospina's kicker.
"No!" exclaimed Caceras, turning away from the table in disgust. Unfortunately for him, yes. Ospina dragged the pot with 6s and 5s and knocked Caceras out in 14th place.
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
On the last hand of Level 21, Leonardo Zepeda opened pre-flop to 45,000. Luis Perez was the next player to act and moved all in for 230,000. Zepeda eyeballed Perez' stack to be sure of the number of chips he was committing, then called with . Perez tabled , a hand that couldn't get the job done on a board of . He exits in 15th place with $6,200.
Daniel Ospina has been having his way up on the feature table but he isn't winning every pot. Samar Hodali bit back in a reent pot that pushed the only remaining woman in the field to more than 1 million in chips.
We arrived with the flop already on board, . Somali was in the big blind and led 70,000 at Ospina, who was playing from the button. Ospina called to see the hit the turn. Hodali made a small bet of 50,000 that Ospina raised to 160,000. Hodali called, then instantly bet 160,000 of her own when the river came . Ospina sighed and mucked his cards, slipping back to about 1.55 million in the process.
Franklin Diaz is the 16th place finisher in today's tournament. He open-shoved for 272,000 from middle position when both of the chip leaders, Daniel Ospina and Pablo Gonzales, were in the blinds. Ospina called the raise first, passing action to Gonzales. Gonzales cut 272,000 out of his stack, leaving himself 700,000 behind, and then tanked for three or four minutes, clearly pained by his decision. He finally open-folded -- bad news for Diaz, who tabled to Ospina's . Nines held, to increase Ospina's count to 1.7 million.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000