Now that level 9 on Day 1b has begun, registration for this event has officially come to a close. There were 156 entries in this flight, and as of now, 72 players remain. Monday's Day 1a saw a total of 104 entries (and 33 players bagged chips at the conclusion of play), so the two starting flights generated a combined total of 260 entries. Prize pool information will be published when it becomes available.
After two limps, Pedro Betancor raised to 3,400 from the cutoff. He was called by the player on the button as well as Julio Belluscio who had limped into the pot.
The three players saw a flop of where action checked around to the button who bet 5,000. Bellucio called the bet before Betancor moved all in for 11,400 more. The player on the button folded. Belluscio thought for a long time, nearly two minutes. He picked up and looked at his cards several times, even flicked them a few times, before he finally let his hand go and allowed Betancor to take down the pot without showdown.
Fernando Morhy is nursing a short stack in this tournament at the moment, but he has been multi-tabling for most of the day, and rather successfully. Moments ago, he won the $200 buy-in pot-limit Omaha side event for just under $3,000, and now he's taken his seat in this tournament once more to try to run up a stack before players bag chips for the evening at the conclusion of the next level.
Fabio Colonese has been toying around the 100,000-chip mark for about the last hour, but he's finally passed that mark in a big way by taking down a recent pot.
We caught the action on the flop with the board showing and 10,000 chips already in the middle. Action checked to Colonese on the button who bet 3,300. Georges Hajjar folded while the player in the cutoff called.
The turn was the prompting checks from both players. On the river, the player in the cutoff put out a bet of 10,000 which Colonese thought about for a bit before calling. The cutoff showed for just king high, but Colonese turned up for a pair of sixes with the pair of eights on the board and that was good to take down the pot.
Mark Scacewater raised to 2,700 from middle position, the hijack called, and the big blind moved all-in for what looked like about 20,000. Scacewater called to put the big blind at risk, and after a bit of thought, the hijack folded face up.
Scacewater:
Big blind:
Scacewater had the preflop advantage with the better ace and the big blind needed help from the deck in order to double up. The board ran out and Scacewater took the pot with top pair, top kicker to send his opponent to the rail.
With a substantial pot of about 55,000 already brewing and the board reading , Juan Parra was under the gun and heads-up against Ramiro Petrone, who was in the hijack. Parra checked and Petrone bet 27,000. Parra counted out calling chips but then check-raised all-in, putting Petrone to a decision for the remainder of his stack. Petrone folded and Parra took the pot to put his chip count over 200,000.
We caught up to the action on the turn with a pot brewing between Leo Fernandez and one opponent. The board was and action checked over to Fernandez. Fernandez fired off a bet of 7,300 which his opponent called and the two went to the river.
On the river, Fernandez's opponent checked. Fernandez thought about it for a bit before he finally checked behind. The player showed and that sent Fernandez's cards into the muck and allowed his opponent to take down the pot as Fernandez dropped to under 150,000 in chips.