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.
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.
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.
Hugo Marcelo was in the small blind and heads-up against Renan Toniolo on a flop of . There were already about 20,000 chips in the pot and Marcelo checked to Toniolo who bet 10,000. Marcelo check-raised to 30,000 and the rest of the chips quickly went in the middle in a flurry of activity.
Marcelo:
Toniolo:
Marcelo had flopped middle pair and an open-ended straight draw but was up against the Toniolo's flopped nut straight. The turn and river were no help to Marcelo and Toniolo took the pot to end Marcelo's run in this event.
Action folded around where Jose Moure moved all in from the cutoff for his last 32,000 chips. Hector Barua called on the button and everyone else folded.
Moure was holding while Barua was holding . The board rolled out which was clean for Barua, eliminating Moure from the tournament.
Roberly Felicio opened from the cutoff with a raise to 18,000 and Mathias Duarte three-bet shoved from the button for 89,000. Felicio called to put Duarte at risk and the two players tabled their hands.
Duarte:
Felicio:
Duarte had the preflop advantage with the better ace, but Felicio caught up when the flop fell . The turn and river failed to sufficiently improve Duarte and Felicio took the pot to end Duarte's run in this event.
Catching the action on a flop of 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.
The turn was the and Belluscio fired again, betting 73,000. Toniolo called once more.
The 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.
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
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