The tournament director has announced that there will be two more hands before players bag their chips for the end of the night.
A full recap will be posted soon, and the table draw will follow once the tournament staff has confirmed.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nicolas Alonso Fuentes Vidal | Thailand | 18,600 |
| 1 | 2 | Imanol Arambaru Cordero | Argentina | 63,900 |
| 1 | 3 | Diego Zamarbride | Argentina | 80,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Cristobal Leiva | Argentina | 31,300 |
| 1 | 5 | Hua He | China | 71,700 |
| 1 | 6 | Victor Andres Vega Pizarro | Chile | 33,400 |
| 1 | 7 | Muhammad Sadiq | Chile | 20,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Ezequiel Waigel | Argentina | 50,800 |
| 2 | 1 | Caio Fernando De Almeida | Brazil | 30,600 |
| 2 | 2 | Jorge Ottaviano | Argentina | 21,600 |
| 2 | 3 | Rodrigo Rishmague | Chile | 34,600 |
| 2 | 4 | Luigui Scarpeccio | Argentina | 32,200 |
| 2 | 5 | Hernan Panulti | Argentina | 68,300 |
| 2 | 6 | Leor Behar Riffo | Chile | 23,300 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Schmidt | Argentina | 95,100 |
| 2 | 8 | José Pedro Da Silva Paulo Demeyére | Brazil | 27,700 |
| 3 | 1 | Sanjay Sahijwani | Chile | 76,500 |
| 3 | 2 | Sergio Dario Tello | Argentina | 200,200 |
| 3 | 3 | Norberto Andres Korn | Argentina | 71,900 |
| 3 | 4 | Milton De La Fuente Palma | Chile | 62,300 |
| 3 | 5 | Ruben Araneo | Argentina | 17,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Jose Krauss Echeverria | Chile | 36,500 |
| 3 | 7 | Rodrigo Zambra Bastias | Chile | 52,200 |
| 3 | 8 | Teunis Kooij | Netherlands | 90,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Diego Lizana Besa | Chile | 44,600 |
| 4 | 2 | Daniel De Mula | Argentina | 45,500 |
| 4 | 3 | Jose Antonio Martinoli | Chile | 141,400 |
| 4 | 4 | Joaquin Barcena | Argentina | 154,200 |
| 4 | 5 | Felix Barriga Parra | Chile | 52,900 |
| 4 | 6 | Daniel Foti | Argentina | 120,800 |
| 4 | 7 | Arnaldo Mesas | Argentina | 66,300 |
| 4 | 8 | Sebastian Yanicelli Willink | Argentina | 114,400 |
| 5 | 1 | Gabriel Alonso Gómez Mellado | Chile | 77,500 |
| 5 | 2 | Nicolas Malandre Godoy | Chile | 108,400 |
| 5 | 3 | Pedro Sepulveda Santis | Chile | 36,300 |
| 5 | 4 | Jonathan Markovits | Ecuador | 75,400 |
| 5 | 5 | Gabriel Lopez Urra | Chile | 30,300 |
| 5 | 6 | Matias Robledo | Argentina | 56,400 |
| 5 | 8 | Felipe Morales Seguin | Chile | 30,800 |
| 6 | 1 | Christopher Franco | Chile | 23,800 |
| 6 | 2 | ` TBC | Argentina | 73,400 |
| 6 | 3 | Javier Eduardo Swett Hormazabal | Chile | 60,500 |
| 6 | 4 | Oscar Toloso | Argentina | 89,300 |
| 6 | 5 | Robert Heidorn | United Kingdom | 108,400 |
| 6 | 6 | Raul San Martin Guasanow | Chile | 46,600 |
| 6 | 8 | Fernando Javier Gordo | Argentina | 35,200 |
| 7 | 1 | Rodrigo Delgado | Chile | 78,500 |
| 7 | 2 | Rodrigo Borquez Morales | Chile | 52,100 |
| 7 | 3 | Jorge Teodouou | Argentina | 247,700 |
| 7 | 4 | Luis Alejandro Vasquez Rissetti | Chile | 96,400 |
| 7 | 5 | Cristopher Cancino Sepulveda | Chile | 47,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Aquiles Espinoza Elias | Chile | 72,500 |
| 7 | 7 | Cristian Sandoval Cataldo | Chile | 78,600 |
| 7 | 8 | Leonel Otazo Aguilera | Chile | 155,800 |
| 8 | 2 | Quirima Gonzalez Marquez | Chile | 42,300 |
| 8 | 3 | Manuel Mauricio Munoz Alarez | Chile | 44,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Miguel Zarzar Alcalde | Chile | 228,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Ariel Akerman | Argentina | 17,600 |
| 8 | 6 | Eugenio Celume Muaum | Chile | 57,600 |
| 8 | 7 | Patricio Andres Rojas Parra | Chile | 26,600 |
| 8 | 8 | Andres Federico Jeckeln | Argentina | 51,600 |
| 9 | 1 | Ricardo Andres Chauriye Rabah | Chile | 33,300 |
| 9 | 2 | Henrique Onodera | Brazil | 83,500 |
| 9 | 3 | Gustavo Omar Moscon | Argentina | 76,200 |
| 9 | 5 | Francisco Carreira Pacheco | Brazil | 35,500 |
| 9 | 6 | Richard Dubini | Argentina | 72,200 |
| 9 | 7 | Horacio Jorge Ale | Argentina | 47,400 |
| 9 | 8 | Joan Franco Pandolfino | Argentina | 49,700 |
| 10 | 1 | Hector Valenzuela | Chile | 135,700 |
| 10 | 2 | Wladimir Tarifeno | Chile | 159,200 |
| 10 | 3 | Williams Elvis Espinoza Baza | Chile | 62,100 |
| 10 | 4 | Alex Vega Alarcon | Chile | 109,200 |
| 10 | 6 | Jonathan Vilares Nunez | Chile | 118,800 |
| 10 | 7 | Juan Parra Garces | Chile | 159,400 |
| 10 | 8 | Tomas Carvallo Ossa | Chile | 120,200 |
| 11 | 1 | Jose Luis Capdevila | Chile | 109,500 |
| 11 | 2 | Jaime Zamanillo Mayol | Chile | 135,000 |
| 11 | 4 | Daniel Vejar | Chile | 71,600 |
| 11 | 5 | Cristian Velasquez Tapia | Chile | 57,400 |
| 11 | 6 | Mikael Andersson | Finland | 68,000 |
| 11 | 7 | Luis Maria Scarpeccio | Argentina | 73,200 |
| 11 | 8 | Sebastian Ruiz | Chile | 47,200 |
| 12 | 1 | Andres Roberto Finkelberg | Argentina | 39,500 |
| 12 | 2 | Teofilo Tristan Arbe | Argentina | 157,800 |
| 12 | 4 | Juan Sebastian Gomez Giraldo | Colombia | 237,700 |
| 12 | 5 | Francisco Salazar Monnard | Chile | 48,800 |
| 12 | 6 | Lucas Baruc Gomes Silva | Brazil | 48,600 |
| 12 | 7 | Alex Javier Manzano Ramirez | Chile | 145,200 |
| 12 | 8 | Akash Mazumdar | United States | 28,600 |
| 13 | 1 | Jose Miguel Selame Musalem | Chile | 23,800 |
| 13 | 2 | Workel Contreras Gerardo | Mexico | 44,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Aurel Bogdan | Romania | 59,500 |
| 13 | 4 | Janir Muller | Brazil | 125,900 |
| 13 | 5 | Walter Federico Hahn | Argentina | 56,800 |
| 13 | 7 | Felipe Ortiz Panatt | Chile | 39,400 |
| 13 | 8 | Rodrigo Perez Perez | Chile | 138,800 |
| 14 | 1 | Alberto Alarcón García | Peru | 25,200 |
| 14 | 2 | Jorge Ricardo Postigo | Peru | 36,700 |
| 14 | 4 | Mac Hudson Hilaire Vernet | Chile | 133,800 |
| 14 | 6 | Jose Tadeo De S Palomares Bogarin | Mexico | 79,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Jorge Ottaviano | Argentina | 55,100 |
| 14 | 8 | Cristian Arturo Aceiton Ruiz | Chile | 54,400 |
| 15 | 1 | Matias Ezequiel Ruiz | Argentina | 82,300 |
| 15 | 2 | Leonardo Fernandez | Argentina | 152,900 |
| 15 | 3 | Martin Hugo Piñeiro | Argentina | 129,700 |
| 15 | 5 | Amos Ben Haim | Chile | 82,900 |
| 15 | 6 | Mariano Balfagon | Argentina | 126,600 |
| 15 | 7 | Cristian Andres Scherpf Arrigorriaga | Chile | 20,500 |
| 15 | 8 | Camilo Ernesto Florez Solis | Colombia | 45,100 |
The two opening flights of the PokerStars Festival Chile $500,000 guaranteed Main Event have come to a close. Argentina's Jorge Teodoulou leads at the end of this second flight, bagging a total of 247,700 chips. His finish today makes him the overall chip leader going into Day 2 tomorrow!
Juan Sebastian Gomez is close behind with 237,700 chips, and Joaquin Earcena rounds out the top three stacks with 154,200 after a strong push towards the end of the day. The official number of entries today was 190, with 66 players moving on to Day 2 tomorrow. Both starting flights made a combined 329 entries, keeping the prizepool at an even $500,000. The final numbers will be confirmed overnight and payouts will be posted tomorrow.
Team PokerStars Pro, Leo Fernandez, has fired a few bullets in this event, but managed to bag a healthy stack of 152,900 going into the day tomorrow. He took down the High Roller event just yesterday, and is in the hunt for back-to-back titles to add to his decorated resume with over $2 million in earnings.
Some of the other notable players who found a bag today included Javier Swett (60,500), Joaquin Earcena (154,200), Jorge Postigo (36,700), Roberto Andres Finkelberg (39,500), Sanjay Sahijwani (76,500), and Amos Ben (82,900).
The day began with about 30 players, and quickly grew as play went on. Fabian Chauriye sat down early on, with the hopes of finally winning a championship in his home country after finishing as runner-up last year, but he had a visibly frustrating day and was eliminated late in the day. Two-time LAPT champion and high roller, Oscar Alache, fired at least two bullets on each starting day, but was unable to find a bag. As is his demeanor, he still left the tournament area with a smile on his face and will most certainly take a shot at the next series.
Chip leader, Teodoulou, got off to a hot start early in the day, and eventually built himself a mountain of chips. He was battling with table mate Ezequiel Waigel and got him to put it in with a draw against his two pair. The river bricked out, and Teodoulou eliminated him to pull himself away from the rest of the pack.
Crishtofer Cancino was another highlight of the day. He may have only bagged 47,000 in chips, but he kept the entire room entertained by yelling, "Vamooooooo!" every time he won a pot. He found himself short several times but found a double up whenever he needed it. Fist pumps and happy exclamations are sure to be going around while he remains in this tournament.
Day 2 begins tomorrow at noon, and with registration closed, the action is going to get to a whole new level. A little more than a hundred players will move on, and play will conlcude tomorrow either at the end of ten levels or once 24 players remain. Day 3 will resume on Friday at noon and will play down to the final eight, with Day 4 firing up on Saturday at noon to play down to a winner.
Keep following along as PokerNews continues to post all of the live updates on the way to finding a champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
247,700
47,700
|
47,700 |
|
237,700
237,700
|
237,700 |
|
|
154,200
79,200
|
79,200 |
|
152,900
77,900
|
77,900 |
|
||
|
141,400
141,400
|
141,400 |
|
|
138,800
138,800
|
138,800 |
|
|
114,400
114,400
|
114,400 |
|
|
109,500
109,500
|
109,500 |
|
|
109,200
5,800
|
5,800 |
|
90,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
83,500
23,500
|
23,500 |
|
82,900
18,900
|
18,900 |
|
|
82,300
82,300
|
82,300 |
|
76,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
73,400
23,400
|
23,400 |
|
60,500
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
|
56,400
56,400
|
56,400 |
|
50,800
25,800
|
25,800 |
|
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
44,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
39,500
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
36,700
15,300
|
15,300 |
Main Event
Day 1b Completed
