Main Event Day 3 | 2017 PokerStars Festival Chile

05-26-2017 16:33 UTC-4

Velasquez on the Right Side of a Cooler

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Sergio Dario Tello limped in from under the gun, and Cristian Velasquez checked from the big blind.

The flop was and Velasquez checked. Tello bet 20,000 and Velasquez immediately moved all in for 208,000. Tello called, putting him at risk.

Velasquez showed for the nut flush draw and Tello tabled for a set of sixes.

The turn was the ,giving Velasquez the flush. Tello needed the board to pair to secure the elimination, but the river bricked off with the and Velasquez chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Dario Tello	520,000 229,000	229,000
Cristian Velasquez	475,000 249,000	249,000

Tags: Cristian Velasquez Sergio Dario Tello

05-26-2017 16:25 UTC-4

Updated Stacks

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Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Amos Ben	1,328,000 298,000	298,000
Andres Vega	1,057,000 82,000	82,000
Diego Lizana	1,007,000 279,000	279,000
Rodrigo Zambra	808,000 408,000	408,000
Sergio Dario Tello	749,000 96,000	96,000
Oscar Toloso	632,000 527,000	527,000
Christopher Franco	560,000 145,000	145,000
Juan Sebastian Gomez	430,000 10,000	10,000
Aurel Bogdan	258,000 2,000	2,000
Tomas Carvallo	235,000 146,000	146,000
Cristian Velasquez	226,000 68,000	68,000
Martin Pineiro	218,000 32,000	32,000
Francisco Salazar	166,000 79,000	79,000
Walter Hahn	152,000 99,000	99,000
Daniel Vejar	144,000 44,000	44,000
Jorge Ottaviano	113,000 8,000	8,000
Alejandro Sicuro	93,000 107,000	107,000
Hector Valenzuela	77,000 23,000	23,000

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

05-26-2017 16:01 UTC-4

Break

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on break and play will resume at 4:21pm local time

05-26-2017 16:00 UTC-4

Bogdan Doubles Up Blind-on-Blind

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Aurel Bogdan was in the small blind and raised all in for 124,000. Hector Valenzuela was in the big blind and called.

Bogdan tabled and Valenzuela showed

The board ran out and gave Bogdan a pair of fives to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aurel Bogdan	260,000 126,000	126,000
Hector Valenzuela	100,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Aurel Bogdan Hector Valenzuela

05-26-2017 15:45 UTC-4

Parra Doubles Up Through Bogdan

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Aurel Bogdan was in the cutoff and moved all in for 242,000. Juan Parra was on the button and called for his remaining 88,000.

Parra tabled and Bogdan showed .

The board ran out Giving Parra two bigger than Bogdan and keeping him alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Parra	193,000 126,000	126,000
Aurel Bogdan	134,000 56,000	56,000

Tags: Aurel Bogdan Juan Parra

05-26-2017 15:44 UTC-4

Jose Capdevila Eliminated by Amos Ben

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jose Capdevila was in the cutoff and moved all in for his last 110,000. Amos Ben called from the small blind.

Ben:
Capdevila:

The board ran out and Capdevila was eliminated.

Ben is back above a million in chips and continues to dominate his table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amos Ben	1,030,000 70,000	70,000
Jose Capdevila	Busted

Tags: Amos Ben Jose Capdevila

05-26-2017 15:11 UTC-4

Joaquin Barcena Eliminated by Amos Ben

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Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Juan Sebastian Gomez was in early position and raised to 26,000. Amos Ben was in the hijack and called, as did the player in the cutoff, Joaquin Barcena in the small blind and Oscar Toloso in the big blind.

The flop was and Barcena moved all in for 51,000. Toloso folded and Gomez called. Ben then moved all in for roughly 800,000. the cutoff folded, as did Gomez, who flashed pocket kings.

Ben tabled and Barcena showed . The board bricked off with the and the and Ben climbed back over the one million chip mark. Barcena graciously wished the players good luck as he left the table and headed over to the payout desk.