2017 PokerStars Festival Chile

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Chile
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$97,360
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
329
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 329
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Vega Slow Plays and Gets Paid on the River

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Andres Vega was on the button and raised to 21,000. Juan Parra was in the big blind and defended.

The flop was {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and both players checked to the turn which was the {2-Spades}.

Parra led out for 28,000 and Vega called.

The river was the {a-Clubs} and Parra checked. Vega took about two minutes to make his decision and then fired out a bet of 93,000. Parra snap-called and Vega tabled {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. Parra didn't have him beat and Vega approaches the one million chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Andres Vega
975,000
175,000
175,000
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Juan Parra
67,000
93,000
93,000

Tags: Andres VegaJuan Parra

Valenzuela Survives a Race

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Hector Valenzuela was under the gun and raised all in for 104,000. Aurel Bogdan was in the small blind and called putting Valenzuela at risk.

Valenzuela tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Bogdan showed {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}. The board ran out {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} giving Valenzuela a set of fours and a crucial double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Hector Valenzuela
225,000
245,000
245,000
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Aurel Bogdan
190,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Aurel BogdanHector Valenzuela

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Joaquin Barcena Eliminated by Amos Ben

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

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 {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}{4-Hearts} 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 {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and Barcena showed {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}. The board bricked off with the {7-Hearts} and the {3-Spades} 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.

Player Chips Progress
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Amos Ben
1,100,000
180,000
180,000
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Juan Sebastian Gomez
420,000
1,000
1,000
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Joaquin Barcena
Busted

Tags: Amos BenJoaquin BarcenaJuan Sebastian Gomez

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000