$3,300 High Roller
Dia 1 Iniciado
2017 PokerStars Festival Chile
$3,300 High Roller
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2017 PokerStars Festival Chile
Buy-in
$3,300
Prize Pool
$43,650
Entradas
15
Nível
19
Blinds
5,000 / 10,000
Ante
1,000
Welcome to Day 1 of the PokerStars Festival Chile High Roller!
The sun is shining in the beautiful 'Garden City' of Vina del Mar, Chile at Casino Enjoy Viña del Mar for the PokerStars Festival Chile, making this a fabulous day for poker! Today is just the second of this eight-day festival, packed with 21 events, headlined by the $500,000 guaranteed $1,650 Main Event and the $3,300 High Roller.
Day 1 of the $3,300 High Roller begins at 2:00 p.m ET, where players start out with 50,000 chips and will battle for eight, 60-minute levels before bagging their chips for the night. Late registration will remain open until cards are in the air at 12:00 p.m. at the start of Level 9 on Day 2 of this three-day event.
There will be a 20-minute break every two levels, with an 80-minute dinner break following Level 4 at approximately 6:20 p.m. There are unlimited re-entries allowed in this event.
Here is a look at the structure for Day 1:
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 min | 50 | 100 | - |
| 2 | 60 min | 75 | 150 | - |
| 3 | 60 min | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 4 | 60 min | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 60 min | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 60 min | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 7 | 60 min | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 8 | 60 min | 400 | 800 | 100 |
Day 2 starts back up at noon tomorrow, Monday, May 22nd, where the remaining players will go through another eight levels, with Day 3 playing down to a winner, beginning at noon on Tuesday.
The $500,000 guaranteed Main Event fires up at noon on Tuesday, May 23rd with a buy-in of $1,650, giving everyone plenty of chances for a shot at the big money. There will be two starting days in the Main Event, with the option of unlimited re-entries.
There's plenty of poker to be played here in South America, and plenty of time to get in on the action! Stick around as PokerNews provides all of the live updates from start to finish in these two big events.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air in the High Roller as the Tournament Director has announced, "Shuffle up and deal!"
Players will be working their way through eight, 20-minute blind levels today.
Late registration closes before the start of Day 2 at noon tomorrow.
LAPT and High Roller Champion Oscar Alache Takes His Seat
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The $3,300 PokerStars Festival Chile High Roller is underway with five players, and none other than Latin America Poker Tour Champion, Oscar Alache, has taken his seat in this first level of the day.
Alache holds an LAPT title from March 2015 after taking down the $2,500 Main Event for $131,962, right here in Vina del Mar. In that same series, he also won the Pot Limit Omaha side event, taking home two trophies.
The champion is also no stranger to high roller events, earning a title after taking down the 2014 $3,000 Punta Cana Poker Classic High Roller for $28,520. Alache has a total of nine recorded wins, with plenty of final tables on his resume as well.
Alache is the only Chilean player in the field so far, and is no stranger to playing in his home country, boasting a total of 18 career cashes, with five of those being outright wins.
Look for Alache to continue to pad his already-impressive resume right here on home soil.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez Enters the Field
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Argentinian PokerStars pro, Leo Fernandez, has joined the action early on in the High Roller at Casino Enjoy Viña del Mar.
Fernandez is third all-time on the Argentinian money list with just over $2 million in live tournament cashes. Of that total, Fernandez has won two high roller titles, both in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The first was the R$5,000 2014 BSOP Millions for R$386,000 (USD $150,370) and the second was the R$10,000 2012 LAPT Grand Final for R$124,030 (USD $71,717). Fernandez also came close to another title after finishing second in the 2011 PCA High Roller, which was also his largest career cash for USD$554,925.
Fernandez has cashed twice in Chile, with his best result being a fourth place finish in the the LAPT High Roller for USD$22,960 right here in Viña del Mar. He looks to add to his Chilean totals with a big result in this year's event.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Top Two for Fernandez
Nível 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joaquin Earcena limped in from the hijack, as did Oscar Alache on the button, and Norberto Korn from the small blind.
Leo Fernandez was in the big blind and decided to raise to 600. Earcena quickly called, and Alache thought for a moment before calling as well. Korn folded.
The flop came 
and Fernandez checked. Earcena bet 700 and Fernandez wasted no time tossing in a chip to call.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to the river, which was the 
. Fernandez fired out a bet of 2,000 and Earcena called.
The PokerStars pro tabled 
for top two pair, and Earcena glanced back at his cards a couple of times before sending them into the muck.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Alex Manzano is Looking for a Second High Roller Title on Home Soil
Nível 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Chilean pro, Alex Manzano, has joined in on the action early on in the day. He is just the second player from Chile, in a field of mostly Argentinians, and sits in third on the all-time money list, just two spots above his fellow countryman, Oscar Alache.
Manzano holds a Latin America Poker Tour title after taking down the 2011 R$ 5,000 Main Event in Sao Paolo, Brazil for R$ 615,840 (USD $368,722). He also won the 2014 $3,000 Latin Series of Poker (LSOP) Millions II High Roller in Panama City for $43,731.
While Manzano has a proven talent playing No Limit Hold'em, he also took down the 2016 €10,300 Pot Limit Omaha European Poker Tour event in Barcelona (€237,500) and owns a World Series of Poker circuit ring after taking down the 2016 $300 Pot Limit Omaha event in Punta del Este, Uruguay. To add to this, five of his seven live recorded tournament wins are Pot Limit Omaha events, clearly displaying how well-rounded Manzano is as a poker player.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Jorge Postigo Wins a Big One
Nível 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Action folded around to Jorge Postigo in the small blind, and he raised to 450. Joaquin Earcena was in the big blind and decided to defend.
The flop came 
, and Postigo led out for 525. Earcena raised to 1,125, and Postigo called.
The turn was the 
, and both players checked to the river, which was the .
Postigo led out for 1,550, and Earcena thought for a minute before raising to 3,125. Postigo went into the tank, and after some deliberation, he decided to call. Earcena immediately mucked his hand, sending the pot to Postigo.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
|
43,700
-1,300
|
-1,300 |