PokerStars player Carlos Watanabe has just been eliminated in fourth place, taking home over $65,000 in prize money. He was eliminated by Engelberth Varela and here's what happened.
From the button Varela raised to 100,000. Watanabe reraised all in for 120,000 from the small blind and Varela made the call. Varela called with the and Watanabe held the , flipping for his tournament life.
The flop, turn and river ran out and that was the end of the line for Watanabe.
On the first hand after play resumed, Claudio Piedrabuena shoved on the button for 775,000. Both opponents folded and Piedrabuena took down the blinds and antes.
Engelberth Varela opened to 105,000 in the small blind. Alex Komaromi called from the big blind and the flop fell . Both checked, landing the on the turn. Varela checked, Komaromi bet 140,000, and Varela folded to give the pot to Komaromi.
Alex Komaromi raised to 130,000 on the button and Engelberth Varela called out of the big blind.
The flop came down and Varela check-called 160,000 from Komaromi, leading to the on the turn. It was a similar story as Varela check-called 335,000 this time after about a minute in the tank. The river delivered the and for a third time, Varela checked. Komaromi moved all in with the bigger stack.
After about 30 seconds, Varela called all in for about 975,000 with . Komaromi had him outkicked with , ending Varela's Main Event with a third-place finish.
And yes, we know this doesn't add up to the total chips in play of 8.44 million, but these counts were taken directly from the table and verified by the tournament staff.
and Watanabe held the 
, flipping for his tournament life.
and that was the end of the line for Watanabe.
and Piedrabuena checked. Varela bet 150,000, forcing a fold from Piedrabuena.
and both checked. The 
. Both checked, landing the 
on the turn. Varela checked, Komaromi bet 140,000, and Varela folded to give the pot to Komaromi.
and Varela check-called 160,000 from Komaromi, leading to the 
