The Day 2 chip leader Hugo Spangenberg had a rough first couple of levels. He lost nearly half his stack in small pots and now his day has come to an end at the hands of Ernesto "Flacco" Panno, who just recently finished 4th in the PokerStars Festival Uruguay Main Event.
We caught his final hand on the flop with the board showing and roughly 40,000 already in the pot. Action was on Spangenberg first and he checked over to Panno. Panno put out a bet of 22,000. Spangenberg reraised, making it 100,000 to go. Panno quickly moved all in and Spangenberg called off the rest of his stack which was about 240,000.
Panno:
Spangenberg:
The turn was the giving Panno the unbeatable full house and that would be the end for Spangenberg who hit his flush on the river anyways. With that the Day 2 chip leader hit the rail leaving the field with just 11 players.
Hugo Spangenberg opened with a raise to 15,000 from middle position. Leo Fernandez called on the button before Cristian Fernández called from the big blind.
The flop came and Cristian checked to Spangenberg who bet 30,000. Leo called before Cristian made it 100,000 to go. Spangenberg thought for a long time, then folded before Leo moved all in. Cristian quickly called for less than the shove, about 250,000, and their cards were turned up.
Leo:
Cristian:
The board completed with the and and that secured the doubled for Cristian Fernández with his set over set while Leo Fernandez was left with just about 10 big blinds.
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Leo Fernandez Searching for a Win in the PokerStars Festival Uruguay High Roller
It is the penultimate day of the PokerStars Festival Uruguay with the High Roller finishing up today. Last night the Main Event finished up with Julio Belluscio taking it down for $66,748. Today there is a different beast to conquer. The High Roller only has 13 players remaining and leading them all is Hugo Spangenberg.
Spangenberg bagged up 420,000 chips to end the night but he was trailed by some very noteworthy players as well. Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez is hot on his heels after bagging up 329,000 chips, as is Christopher Franco (359,000) who is looking for revenge after bubbling the Main Event just a few days ago. Also in the field are two of Argentina's top poker pros; World Series of Poker bracelet winner Andres Korn (224,000) and Maria Lampropulos (49,000).
Everyone is trying to lock up the first place prize that is worth $54,480 for this event, but that being said only nine of the final 13 will even make it into the money. A min-cash in this event is worth $5,400 and every prize from that point on will increase since nine players marks the start of the unofficial final table.
Play will continue from level 17 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a running ante of 1,000 and the plan for today is to play all the down to a champion. After that players can meet up for the PokerStars Festival Uruguay Players' Party which kicks off tonight as well. Action is set to beging at 12 p.m. local time and PokerNews will be here with all the action so make sure to stay tuned.
and roughly 40,000 already in the pot. Action was on Spangenberg first and he checked over to Panno. Panno put out a bet of 22,000. Spangenberg reraised, making it 100,000 to go. Panno quickly moved all in and Spangenberg called off the rest of his stack which was about 240,000. 
giving Panno the unbeatable full house and that would be the end for Spangenberg who hit his flush on the 
river anyways. With that the Day 2 chip leader hit the rail leaving the field with just 11 players.
and Cristian checked to Spangenberg who bet 30,000. Leo called before Cristian made it 100,000 to go. Spangenberg thought for a long time, then folded before Leo moved all in. Cristian quickly called for less than the shove, about 250,000, and their cards were turned up. 
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and that secured the doubled for Cristian Fernández with his set over set while Leo Fernandez was left with just about 10 big blinds.
