On a flop of with roughly 3,000 in the middle, Henrique Onodera was first to act from the small blind. He put out a bet of 2,500. Yesica Curti folded from the big blind while Georges Hajjar called from early position.
The turn was the . Onodera asked to have a look at Hajjar's stack before plopping out a bet of 4,000. Hajjar moved all in for roughly 10,600 before Onodera quickly called.
Onodera:
Hajjar:
The board completed with the and that was it. Hajjar earned a double up with his better three of a kind and moved back over the starting-stack mark.
With 8,400 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Georges Hajjar was in the big blind and bet 1,800 into his lone opponent, Fabio Colonese, who was in middle position. Colonese called.
The turn brought the and Hajjar checked. Colonese bet 7,000, Hajjar folded, and Colonese took the pot.
Carlos Curi limped in from the cutoff and action folded around to Yesica Cutri in the small blind. The Argentinian raised, making it 1,800 to go and Matias Gabrenja called from the big blind. Curi called as well and the three took a flop.
The dealer rolled out the board and Curti continued, betting 2,000. Gabrenja called before Curi moved all in with his stack fo 12,800. Curti called the shove and Gabrenja called all in as well with his shorter stack.
Curi:
Curti:
Gabrenja:
The board completed with the and the and that would do it for Gabrenja who was eliminated as Curi nearly tripled up with his set of sixes.
With about 10,000 chips already in the middle, action checked to Brett Trevillian on the button on a flop of and he bet 2,300. The player in the big blind check-raised all-in for a total of 11,400, sending Trevillian into the tank. Ultimately, he folded, and the big blind took the pot.
Action folded around to Mark Scacewater in the cutoff who raised to 1,200. Jose Ili called from the small blind and the big blind called, as well.
The flop came and Ili bet 1,700. The big blind folded and Scacewater called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and Ili bet 3,100. Scacewater raised to 11,000, sending Ili into the tank for several minutes. The clock was called, but Ili's cards were already in the muck before tournament staff arrived at the table and Scacewater took the pot.
Former Argentian Tennis Star Diego Veronelli is no longer in the field as he was eliminated just before the dinner break. Also missing is Ezequiel Ferretty who recently made the final table of the PokerStars Cup here in Uruguay.
Georges Hajjar was in middle position and got all the chips in the middle against a single opponent in a flurry of activity on a flop of .
Hajjar:
Opponent:
Hajjar was way out in front with his set of queens against his opponent's top and bottom pair. The turn and river changed nothing and Hajjar took the pot to double up.
Jose Ili opened with a raise to 1,150 from early position. Action folded around where Mark Scacewater was his only called from the big blind.
The flop came down and both players checked to see the on the turn. There, Scacewater led out with a bet of 1,100. Ili called.
The river was the and Scacewater slowed down and checked. Ili put out a bet of 1,700 and Scacewater thought for a bit before calling. Ili showed him and that was good for him to take down the pot as Scacewater mucked his hand.