2017 PokerStars Festival Uruguay

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Uruguay

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$66,748
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
261
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Big Blunder Leads To Big Pot for Georges Hajjar

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Georges Hajjar - Courtesy of Carlos Monti/Pokerstars
Georges Hajjar - Courtesy of Carlos Monti/Pokerstars

Matias Scaffo opened with a raise to 300 from middle position. He was called by Georges Hajjar from the cutoff, Brett Trevillian on the button, and one more player from the small blind.

On the {4-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} flop, action checked to Hajjar who put out a bet of 700. Trevillian called, as did the small blind and Scaffo.

The turn was the {6-Spades}. Action checked to Hajjar again who put out a second bet, this time for 2,650. Trevillian called. The small blind folded, but Scaffo called.

On the {Q-Diamonds} river, Scaffo led out, putting in a small bet of 350. Hajjar raised, making it 3,050 and Trevillian folded. Thinking the hand was over, Hajjar went to turn over his cards. Apparently, Hajjar thought he was just calling Scaffo's bet, but he was wrong. Trevillian asked for a floor to be called over to rectify the situation and it was eventually decided that Hajjar would have to keep his bet of 3,050 in the pot. Scaffo eventually decided to call, but Hajjar showed him {6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for trips and that earned a muck from Scaffo.

Despite his mistep, Hajjar took in the big pot and jumped up the counts early here on Day 1. Recent, Hajjar made the final table of the PokerStars Cup here in Uruguay, earning himself $5,000 after making a deal at the final table, and it looks as if his luck is already carrying over into today as well.

Player Chips Progress
Georges Hajjar br
Georges Hajjar
34,500
34,500
34,500
Matias Scaffo uy
Matias Scaffo
19,000
-9,500
-9,500

Tags: Georges HajjarMatias Scaffo