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.
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.
Just before the break Alfredo Panta opened with a raise to 26,000. Julio Arocena called on the button before Hector Barua reraised from the big blind, making it 76,000 to go. Only Panta called so the two went heads up to a flop.
The dealer rolled out and Barua checked to Panta who bet 40,000. Barua called. The turn was the and both players checked to see the on the river. Barua checked again then snap called a bet of 90,000 from Panta. Barua showed for a turned flush and it was good for him to take down the pot as Panta mucked.
In a battle of the blinds, Edinson Martinez got his stack in preflop from the small against Francisco Araujo, who had him covered by a fair margin.
Martinez:
Araujo:
Araujo had the preflop advantage and Martinez needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out to give Martinez trip jacks and he took the pot to double up.
Francisco Araujo shoved for what looked like about 130,000 and Renan Toniolo, who had him covered by a wide margin, called to put the accomplished Argentinian player at risk.
Araujo:
Toniolo:
Toniolo had the preflop advantage with his pocket pair and Araujo needed help from the deck in order to preserve his tournament life. After the board ran out Toniolo's hand was still best, so he took the pot to end Araujo's run in this tournament.
Ernesto Panno opened with a raise to 31,000 from middle position. Action folded around where Juan Guillenea shoved all in from the big blind. Panno called quickly so their hands were turned up.
Panno:
Guillenea:
The board ran out keeping Guillenea in the lead the whole way and that allowed him to double up.
Andres Viola moved all in from the button for roughly 110,000. Alejandro Garcia called his shove from the big blind.
Viola:
Garcia:
The board came which gave Viola a pair of kings on the river, but unfortunately, that same king made Garcia a straight and that would do it for Viola who hit the rail in 13th place.