Julio Belluscio has eclipsed the 300,000 mark after eliminating an opponent.
The chips went into the middle after a flop with Belluscio holding . His opponent tabled and was unable to catch up as the turn and river secured the pot for Belluscio. They counted down the chips, which took longer than usual thanks to Belluscio's unique stacking style.
His opponent had about 170,000 and was barely covered by Belluscio.
We just witnessed a massive one here at the 2011 PokerStars.netLAPT Punta del Este.
Action folded to Juan Jose Perez in the hijack seat and he raised to 6,500. In the next seat, Vagner Outor three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff. Everyone to put action back on Perez. He made the call to see the flop.
The flop came down and Perez checked to his three-betting opponent. Outor fired all in for a big overbet. How much was his bet? Well, it was worth 126,000, or nearly four times the pot. Perez tanked for a couple minutes and then made the call, putting almost half of his remaining stack at risk to do so.
Perez:
Outor:
Outor stood from his seat and awaited the turn and river, needing to dodge both in order to stay alive against Perez's flush draw.
The turn was the and the river the . Both were black, but of the wrong suit and Outor rang out some celebratory chants while pumping his fists.
With between 70,000 and 80,000 chips in the middle, the board read between one player and Robert Van Thuyh. After his opponent checked the river, Van Thuyh fired 30,000. His opponent then check-raised all in for 44,300. Van Thuyh tanked for a minute or two and then made the call. His opponent tabled the for the nut flush and Van Thuyh mucked.