The field is growing, and two more players have entered the field. One of these players is Chile's Amos Ben, who is fourth on the country's all-time money list and holds two Latin America Poker Tour High Roller titles.
Ben's first title was earned in 2013 when he took down the $5,000 event in Panama City for $49,070, and the most recent came in 2016 when he won the $3,000 event in Uruguay for $61,010.
While Ben boasts ten career titles, he has yet to win one on home soil, so look for him to fight his way to the top in this event.
With about 3,800 in the pot, on a board reading , the action checked to Jorge Postigo in the cutoff, and he bet 2,500. Amos Ben called from the button. Tadeo Palomares was under the gun, and check-raised to 8,000. Postigo called and Ben folded.
The turn was the , and both players checked to the river, which was the . Palomares checked and Postigo bet 6,800. After deliberating for a couple of minutes, Palomares folded. sending a healthy pot Postigo's way.
Oscar Alache was in the cutoff and raised to 700, getting calls from both Alex Manzano on the button and Joaquin Earcena in the big blind.
The flop came , and action checked to Manzano who bet 800. Both Earcena and Alache called.
The turn was the and all three players checked to the river, which was the . Earcena led out for 5,500 and Alache called. Manzano quickly folded, and Earcena tabled for king high. Unfortunately for him, Alache tabled for aces full of deuces to take down the pot.
Alache now sits atop the leaderboard while Earcena is the short stack.
Rodrigo Borquez was under the gun and raised to 775. Joaquin Earcena was in the cutoff and called, and Alan Manuel Mehamed re-raised to 3,000 on the button. Borquez and Earcena both called.
The flop was and both Borquez and Earcena checked to Mehamed. After some thought, Mehamed bet 6,500 and was called quickly by Borquez. Earcena folded.
The turn was the and both players checked to the river, which was the . Both players checked again.
Borquez tabled and Earcena quickly let go of his hand.
Argentinian pro, Richard Dubini, has taken his seat to bring the total number of players to 11, just before the start of the dinner break.
Dubini has just shy of a million dollars in career earnings, with a Super High Roller title in the 2014 ARS$ 30,000 No Limit Hold'em event in Melincue, Argentina for ARS$ 345,600 (USD $40,938), as well as a High Roller title in the 2014 R$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em event in the Brazilian Series Of Poker in Sao Paulo for R$ 283,700 (USD $126,397).
Oscar Alache was under the gun and raised to 1,025. Joaquin Earcena was in the small blind and three-bet to 2,700. Alan Manuel Mehamed decided to four-bet to 6,000 from the big blind, and Alache quickly five-bet to 12,500. Earcena snap-folded. Mehamed piled his entire stack of 24,625 chips in the middle and Alache quickly called.
Mehamed:
Alache:
Mehamed was well ahead with two black kings, and had to dodge an ace to stay alive. As it turned out, the flop came , giving Alache a flush draw to add to his lone over card. The turn was the and Alache now picked up extra outs to make a wheel.
The river was the and Mehamed was able to dodge a significant amount of cards to avoid being the first man down in his high roller.
, the action checked to Jorge Postigo in the cutoff, and he bet 2,500. Amos Ben called from the button. Tadeo Palomares was under the gun, and check-raised to 8,000. Postigo called and Ben folded.
, and both players checked to the river, which was the 
. Palomares checked and Postigo bet 6,800. After deliberating for a couple of minutes, Palomares folded. sending a healthy pot Postigo's way.
, and action checked to Manzano who bet 800. Both Earcena and Alache called. 
and all three players checked to the river, which was the 
. Earcena led out for 5,500 and Alache called. Manzano quickly folded, and Earcena tabled 
for king high. Unfortunately for him, Alache tabled 
for aces full of deuces to take down the pot.
and both Borquez and Earcena checked to Mehamed. After some thought, Mehamed bet 6,500 and was called quickly by Borquez. Earcena folded.
. Both players checked again.
and Earcena quickly let go of his hand.
and all three players checked to the turn, which was the 
. Manzano checked again, and Earcena bet 6,000. Mehamed folded, and Manzano tossed in a single chip, indicating a call.
for a flush, and Manzano paid the bet before the dealer scooped his cards.
and Earcena checked, as did Alache. Manzano bet 1,200, and Earcena called. Alache folded.
on the turn, and both players checked to the river, which was the 
.
for the ten-high straight to take down the pot.
, giving Alache a flush draw to add to his lone over card. The turn was the 
and Alache now picked up extra outs to make a wheel. 
and Mehamed was able to dodge a significant amount of cards to avoid being the first man down in his high roller.