Day 3 Begins at Noon Local Time; Arocena Leads
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Just 24 players remain out of the 261 entries in the first-ever PokerStars Festival Uruguay Main Event at the Conrad Hotel & Casino in Punta del Este. While all remaining players are guaranteed to cash for at least $3,340, each one of them has their eyes fixed on the top prize of $76,155 and the championship trophy.
At the head of the pack is Julio Arocena who bagged a stack of 566,000 chips at the conclusion of Day 2 play, and not far behind him is Argentinian Julio Belluscio with 511,000. The only other player to bag a stack in excess of half a million chips was PokerStars Cup Uruguay winner Gustavo Prato, who will take a stack of 507,000 chips out of the bag when play resumes. Accomplished Argentinian player Francisco Araujo is still in the hunt, as well, with a very healthy stack of 410,000, which is well above the current 271,875-chip average.
The remainder of the field is scheduled to play down to eight players on Day 3 with the eventual champion being determined on Day 4. The clock will restart with just over half an hour remaining in level 17. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels and an 80-minute dinner break after six full levels of play. The seat draw for the day's action is as follows:
| Name | Country | Table | Seat | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Segarra | Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 226,000 |
| Roberly Felicio | Brasil | 1 | 2 | 227,000 |
| Mathias Duarte | Uruguay | 1 | 3 | 149,000 |
| Julio Belluscio | Argentina | 1 | 4 | 511,000 |
| Hugo Marcelo | Brazil | 1 | 5 | 136,000 |
| Renan Toniolo | Brazil | 1 | 6 | 457,000 |
| Marcelo Caceres | Argentina | 1 | 7 | 215,000 |
| Ernesto Panno | Argentina | 1 | 8 | 326,000 |
| Juan Guillenea | Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 253,000 |
| Francisco Araujo | Argentina | 2 | 2 | 410,000 |
| Carlos Curi | Argentina | 2 | 3 | 140,000 |
| Nicolas Malandre | Chile | 2 | 4 | 99,000 |
| Alejandro Garcia | Uruguay | 2 | 5 | 172,000 |
| Alejandro Lopez | Uruguay | 2 | 6 | 201,000 |
| Alfredo Panta | Brazil | 2 | 7 | 346,000 |
| Juan Perez | Argentina | 2 | 8 | 307,000 |
| Osvaldo Naves | Brasil | 3 | 1 | 86,000 |
| Roberto Piazza | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 224,000 |
| Gustavo Prato | Uruguay | 3 | 3 | 507,000 |
| Edinson Martinez | Uruguay | 3 | 4 | 57,000 |
| Andres Viola | Argentina | 3 | 5 | 219,000 |
| Jose Moure | Uruguay | 3 | 6 | 139,000 |
| Hector Barua | Argentina | 3 | 7 | 440,000 |
| Julio Arocena | Uruguay | 3 | 8 | 566,000 |
Keep it here for updates on the action in the Main Event at the PokerStars Festival Uruguay from the PokerNews live reporting team.
Julio Belluscio checked over to Renan Toniolo who put out a bet of 38,000. Belluscio then decided to check-raise, making it 80,000 to go. Toniolo thought it over then called. 
and Belluscio fired again, betting 73,000. Toniolo called once more. 
on the river completed a flush draw. Belluscio slowed down and checked. Toniolo thought for a long time and then checked behind. Belluscio showed 
for two pair and Toniolo mucked his hand. That allowed Belluscio to collect the almost 400,000 chip pot and move into the chip lead.
. The 
turn and 
river failed to sufficiently improve Duarte and Felicio took the pot to end Duarte's run in this event.
. The board rolled out 
which was clean for Barua, eliminating Moure from the tournament.
turn and 
which was no help to Curi so Lopez took the pot to end Curi's run in this event.
which changed nothing and Arocena took the pot to end Piazza's run in this tournament.
which changed nothing and Toniolo took the pot with his pocket queens to end Segarra's run in this event.
