With about 14,000 in the pot and the board reading , Hector Valenzuela checked from the small blind. Leonel Otazo was in late position and bet 8,000. Valenzuela called and the turn was the .
Valenzuela checked and Otazo bet 13,500. Valenzuela thought for a minute and then check-raised to 30,000. Otaza called.
The river paired the board and was the . Valenzuela led for 40,000. Otazo didn't take long to make the call.
Valenzuela showed for a full house and Otazo's cards were quietly pushed towards the dealer.
Martin Pineiro was in early position and raised to 6,000. Leonel Otazzo called from the hijack and Daniel Vejar three-bet up to 16,000 on the button. Hector Valenzuela called in the big blind, as did the other two players.
The flop was and everyone checked to the turn which was the .
Action checked to Vejar and he bet 16,000. Valenzuela folded, Pineiro called and Otazo folded.
The river was the and both players checked. Pineiro tabled for top two pair and Vejar's cards went into the muck.
With about 40,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Daniel De Mula moved all in for his last 21,900 from the big blind. Sergio Dario Tello was under the gun and called, as did Rodrigo Bastias on the button.
The turn was the and Tello checked. Bastias moved all in for 85,100 and Tello tank-folded.
Bastias tabled and De Mula tabled .
The on the river was of no help to De Mula and he was sent to the rail.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, Hector Valenzuela checked from the small blind. Leonel Otazo was in late position and bet 8,000. Valenzuela called and the turn was the 
.
. Valenzuela led for 40,000. Otazo didn't take long to make the call.
for a full house and Otazo's cards were quietly pushed towards the dealer.
and everyone checked to the turn which was the 
.
and both players checked. Pineiro tabled 
, Daniel De Mula moved all in for his last 21,900 from the big blind. Sergio Dario Tello was under the gun and called, as did Rodrigo Bastias on the button. 
and Tello checked. Bastias moved all in for 85,100 and Tello tank-folded.
. 
on the river was of no help to De Mula and he was sent to the rail.
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 tabled 
and needed help if he was going to get the elimination.
and Hudson tabled 
.
, 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.
. Celume checked again, and Mazumdar bet 7,200. Celume thought for a moment and eventually called.
