Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.
2017 PokerStars Festival Uruguay
Catching the action on a board of ![]()
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action was on Mark Scacewater and he had a bet of 16,000 out in front of him. That put Christian Aceiton in the tank and the bet was big enough to put him all in for his tournament life. He thought about it for a long while before finally pushing forward his stack to call.
"Flush?" Aceiton asked.
Scacewater showed him ![]()
for the made flush. Aceiton tried to muck his cards without showing but he was forced to turn up his ![]()
which was drawing dead.
The river bricked out with the
and that would do it, eliminating Aceiton from the tournament as Scacewater was able to chip up early here on Day 1b, already doubling his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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54,000
54,000
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54,000 |
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Busted |
With about 5,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading ![]()
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, action checked to Christopher Franco in the cutoff and he bet 2,500, sending his opponent, who was under the gun, into the tank. After about half a minute, he folded, and Franco took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,500
2,300
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2,300 |
Dragana Stankovic limped in from early position, Christian Aceiton raised to 1,100 from middle position, Brett Trevillian called from the cutoff, and Stankovic also called.
The three players saw a flop of ![]()
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and Stankovic checked. Aceiton bet 2,200 and Trevillian raised to 6,000. Stankovic folded and Aceiton tanked for about a minute before he called.
The turn brought the
and Aceiton checked. Trevillian bet 10,000, sending Aceiton into the tank again. After over a minute, Aceiton picked up his remaining stack and slammed it onto the table in place before flicking his cards into the muck, and Trevillian took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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31,800
31,800
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31,800 |
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15,400
12,400
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12,400 |
We caught up to a hand involving Fabio Colonese and Matias Gabrenja, whose online handle is "festivuss," on a flop of ![]()
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. Colonese checked over to Gabrenja who bet 400. Colonese called.
The turn was the
and both players checked over to see the
on the river. There Colonese checked a third time. Gabrenja put out a bet of 2,200 and after thinking about it for a little bit, Colonese called. Gabrenja showed ![]()
for a pair of aces and that was good to earn him the small pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,300
4,500
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4,500 |
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39,400
14,400
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14,400 |
With a substantial pot of about 10,000 chips already in the middle on a flop of ![]()
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, PokerStars Team Pro Leo Fernandez was on the button and heads-up against a player in middle position who bet 3,600. Fernandez shoved for a total of 20,600, sending his opponent into the tank. He ultimately folded and Fernandez stacked the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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34,000
10,600
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10,600 |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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43,800
1,400
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1,400 |
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27,800
100
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100 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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23,400
200
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200 |
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22,500
700
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700 |
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19,200
4,600
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4,600 |
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16,000
3,800
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3,800 |
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1,850
18,450
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18,450 |
A few players who busted yesterday have re-entered into the tournament today for a second chance at the PokerStars Festival Uruguay Main Event
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000 | |
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25,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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25,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
With a substantial pot of about 12,000 already brewing and the completed board reading ![]()
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, Andres Korn shoved for what looked like just over 14,000 from the small blind. His lone opponent in the hijack called with a larger stack and Korn flipped over ![]()
for eight high. The hijack tabled ![]()
for a pair of aces and took the pot to send Korn home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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