Teunis Kooij was under the gun and raised to 4,500. Sergio Dario Tello was in middle position and called. Milton De La Fuente three-bet up to 22,000 from the cutoff and action was back on Kooij who pushed all in for 104,000. Tello tanked for several minutes, having Kooij covered by about 70,000. Tello elected to call, as did Fuente for his remaining 20,000.
Tello tabled , Kooij showed and Fuente had
The flop came down , putting Tello in the lead and leaving Kooij drawing very slim, and with Fuente holding the only diamond to make a flush. The turn and river bricked off with the and , sending this monstrous pot to Tello and making him our new chip leader.
Eugenio Celume was in middle position and decided to limp in. Akash Mazumdar was in the hijack and raised to 6,800. Celume called.
The flop came , and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Celume checked again, and Mazumdar bet 7,200. Celume thought for a moment and eventually called.
The river was the and Celume checked for a third time. Mazumdar reached into his stack and bet 11,200. Celume folded.
Celume smiled, and Mazumdar smiled back and said, "Bueno fold."
Mazumdar is just one of two North American players to have entered the field in this Main Event. He is the only one left standing, in a field full of South Americans, and less than a handful of players from Europe. Mazumdar also came in to the day with a very short stack and has spun it up as the money bubble looms.
Camilo Florez was in the hijack and raised to 6,500 and the player on the button called. Alex Manzano was in the big blind and three-bet up to 16,000. Florez quickly pushed all in for 78,400. The button folded and Manzano called.
Florez tabled and Manzano showed
The flop was , giving Florez a flush draw with over cards. The turn was the and the river was the , completing Florez's flush. Manzano tapped the table and Florez began stacking up his chips.
Mac Hudson was in early position and limped in. The small blind called and Jorge Ottaviano raised all in from the big blind for 39,800. Hudson called and the small blind folded.
Ottaviano showed and Hudson tabled .
The board ran out giving both players two pair. Ottaviano's pocket tens held, leaving Hudson with a very short stack after starting the day with 130,800 chips.
Daniel Vejar was in the cutoff and raised to 5,300. Hector Valenzuela called from the small blind and Jorge Postigo defended in the big blind.
The flop was and the both players in the blinds checked to Vejar. He bet 7,500 and Valenzuela folded. Postigo Made the call and the turn was the .
Postigo checked to Vejar and he bet 11,000. Postigo thought for a minute and then check-raised all in covering Vejar's remaining stack of 54,000. Vejar made the call and tabled . Postigo tabled and needed help if he was going to get the elimination.
The river was the and Postigo was unable to improve.