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.
Christian Velasquez was on the button and raised to 4,000. Janir Muller was in the big blind and three-bet to 12,500. Velasquez didn't take long to go all in for 29,600 and Muller snap-called.
Velasquez tabled and Muller was well behind with .
The board ran out and was no help to Muller. Velasquez is back over his starting stack on the day and looks to build momentum early on.
Workel Contreras was in middle position and raised all in for 12,100. Action folded to Felipe Ortiz in the big blind and he called, putting Contreras at risk.
Ortiz tabled and Contreras showed , having his opponent left with just three outs.
The board ran out , giving Ortiz top two pair and sending Contreras to the rail.