Main Event Day 3 | 2017 PokerStars Festival Uruguay

09-21-2017 16:03 UTC-3

Alejandro Lopez Eliminated in 15th Place ($5,240)

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

Alejandro Lopez shoved from early position for what looked like about 55,000 and Juan Guillenea, who was on the button and had him covered by a fair margin, shoved on top. The blinds both got out of the way and the two live players tabled their hands.

Lopez:
Guillenea:

Guillenea was ahead with his pocket jacks and Lopez needed help in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out which further improved Guillenea to a set of jacks, so he took the pot to end Lopez's run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Guillenea	210,000 95,000	95,000
Alejandro Lopez	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Lopez Juan Guillenea

09-21-2017 15:56 UTC-3

Nicolas Malandre Eliminated in 16th Place ($4,680)

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

Nicholas Malandre moved all in preflop after a raise from Ernesto Panno. Action folded around back to Panno who tanked for a couple of minutes before pushing out the 175,000 to call.

Panno:
Malandre:

The board ran out keeping Panno's pocket sevens as the best hand and Malandre was sent to the rail in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernesto Panno	700,000 175,000	175,000
Nicolas Malandre	Busted

Tags: Ernesto Panno Nicolas Malandre

09-21-2017 15:52 UTC-3

Panno Calls and Wins

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

With a substantial pot of what looked like about 150,000 already brewing on a completed board of , Alfredo Panta bet 68,000 from under the gun and Ernesto Panno, who was in the cutoff, went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually, the clock was called. As the final seconds ticked down, Panno called and showed . His pocket sixes were good enough to win the pot against Panta's , and he took the chips to put his stack over the 500,000-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alfredo Panta	560,000 160,000	160,000
Ernesto Panno	525,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Alfredo Panta Ernesto Panno

09-21-2017 15:44 UTC-3

Updated Chip Counts at Two-Table Redraw (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Belluscio	780,000 50,000	50,000

Alfredo Panta	720,000 18,000	18,000
Julio Arocena	715,000 5,000	5,000
Hector Barua	550,000 43,000	43,000
Edinson Martinez	470,000 325,000	325,000
Renan Toniolo	470,000 50,000	50,000
Francisco Araujo	370,000 60,000	60,000
Ernesto Panno	365,000 18,000	18,000
Osvaldo Naves	325,000 5,000	5,000
Alejandro Garcia	310,000 105,000	105,000
Juan Perez	305,000 90,000	90,000
Roberly Felicio	303,000 113,000	113,000

Andres Viola	240,000 35,000	35,000
Nicolas Malandre	170,000 62,000	62,000
Alejandro Lopez	130,000 5,000	5,000
Juan Guillenea	115,000 116,000	116,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

09-21-2017 14:55 UTC-3

Carlos Segarra Eliminated in 17th Place ($4,680)

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

Carlos Segarra got his last 78,000 chips in the middle before the flop from the button against Renan Toniolo, who had him covered by a wide margin.

Segarra:
Toniolo:

Segarra was way behind with the smaller of the two pocket pairs and needed a lot of help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out which changed nothing and Toniolo took the pot with his pocket queens to end Segarra's run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renan Toniolo	520,000 193,000	193,000
Carlos Segarra	Busted

Tags: Carlos Segarra Renan Toniolo

09-21-2017 14:47 UTC-3

Gustavo Prato Eliminated in 18th Place ($4,100)

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

Gustavo Prato only had about 100,000 chips in his stack and he got them all in the middle before the flop from the cutoff against Osvaldo Naves, who was in the hijack and had him covered by a fair margin.

Prato:
Naves:

Naves was ahead with the better king and Prato needed help from the deck in order to survive. The board ran out which was no help to Prato, so Naves took the pot to end Prato's run in this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Osvaldo Naves	330,000
Gustavo Prato	Busted

Tags: Gustavo Prato Osvaldo Naves

09-21-2017 14:43 UTC-3

Roberto Piazza Eliminated in 19th Place ($4,100)

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

Roberto Piazza got his entire stack in against Julio Arocena, who had the larger of the two stacks by a wide margin.

Piazza:
Arocena:

Arocena had the preflop advantage and Piazza needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out which changed nothing and Arocena took the pot to end Piazza's run in this tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Arocena	720,000 66,000	66,000
Roberto Piazza	Busted

Tags: Julio Arocena Roberto Piazza

09-21-2017 14:32 UTC-3

Carlos Curi Eliminated in 20th Place ($4,100)

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

Carlos Curi got his stack in the middle before the flop against Alejandro Lopez, who had him covered.

Curi:
Lopez:

Lopez had the preflop edge and Curi needed a lot of help from the deck in order to survive. The board ran out which was no help to Curi so Lopez took the pot to end Curi's run in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Curi	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Lopez Carlos Curi

09-21-2017 14:31 UTC-3

Marcelo Caceres Eliminated in 21th Place ($3,720)

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

Marcelo Caceres got all his chips in the middle preflop against Julio Belluscio, who had him covered by a wide margin.

Caceres:
Belluscio:

Belluscio was way ahead and Caceres needed help in order to preserve his tournament life. The board ran out which changed nothing and Belluscio took the pot to send Caceres to the cage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julio Belluscio	730,000 67,000	67,000

Marcelo Caceres	Busted

Tags: Julio Belluscio Marcelo Caceres