With about 9,000 in the pot, and the board reading , Javier Swett was in the small blind and checked to Alan Manuel Mehamed in the cutoff. Mehamed bet 3,000, and Borquez raised to 8,100 on the button. Swett folded and Mehamed quickly three-bet to 22,000. Borquez snap-shoved his remaining 52,000 in chips and action was back on Mehamed. After three minutes of deliberation, Mehamed called, with Borquez being the player at risk.
Borquez showed , for top pair and an open-ended straight flush draw, while Mehamed tabled , for bottom two pair.
The turn was the , changing nothing for Borquez. He stood up and looked up at the ceiling, as the dealer put down the on the river. When he looked back down to see he made a straight, he yelled out, "Yes!", and clapped his hands once, celebrating his double up.
Leo Fernandez was in the cutoff and raised to 2,700. Action folded around to Tadeo Palomares in the big blind and he decided to defend.
The flop came and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Palomares checked, and Fernandez bet 4,000. Palomares thought for a while and eventually check-raised to 10,000. Fernandez called.
The river was the . Palomares looked down at his stack, and then back at the pot. After a moment, he led out for 10,000. Fernandez quickly called and Palomares announced, "Queen" as he tabled . Unfortunately for him, Fernandez tabled for trip nines and scooped the pot, leaving Palomares very short.
Norberto Korn was in the cutoff and raised to 2,500. Alan Manuel Mehamed was on the button and moved all in for his remaining 8,700 in chips. Alex Manzano was in the small blind and thought for a minute before deciding to call. Korn also called.
The flop came and while Mehamed was all in, both Manzano and Korn were still playing on the side and checked to the turn.
The turn was the and Manzano led out for 15,000. Korn wagged his finger and folded his hand. Manzano quickly tabled for a set of sixes, and Mehamed frustratingly revealed for a pair of queens. The river was the and Mehamed was eliminated just short of the unofficial final table of nine.
The unofficial final table of nine came together, and Andres Roberto Finkelberg came in as the shortest stack with just 12,000 in chips.
In the very first hand of play, Finkelberg got his remaining stack in the middle with the best of it holding . Rodrigo Borquez called with , and the board ran out to send Finkelberg to the rail.
Alex Manzano was under the gun and raised to 2,700. Action folded to Rodrigo Borquez in the big blind and he defended.
The flop was , and both players checked to the turn which was the .
Borquez checked again and Manzano bet 4,000. Borquez then check-raised to 10,000 and Manzano quickly moved all in for 70,000. Borquez snap-called, putting Manzano at risk.
Manzano showed , for trip queens with a jack kicker, and Borquez tabled for a full house.
The river was the , giving Manzano quad queens and vaulting his chip stack up the leaderboard.
, Javier Swett was in the small blind and checked to Alan Manuel Mehamed in the cutoff. Mehamed bet 3,000, and Borquez raised to 8,100 on the button. Swett folded and Mehamed quickly three-bet to 22,000. Borquez snap-shoved his remaining 52,000 in chips and action was back on Mehamed. After three minutes of deliberation, Mehamed called, with Borquez being the player at risk.
, for top pair and an open-ended straight flush draw, while Mehamed tabled 
, for bottom two pair.
, changing nothing for Borquez. He stood up and looked up at the ceiling, as the dealer put down the 
on the river. When he looked back down to see he made a straight, he yelled out, "Yes!", and clapped his hands once, celebrating his double up.
and both players checked to the turn, which was the 
. Palomares checked, and Fernandez bet 4,000. Palomares thought for a while and eventually check-raised to 10,000. Fernandez called. 
. Palomares looked down at his stack, and then back at the pot. After a moment, he led out for 10,000. Fernandez quickly called and Palomares announced, "Queen" as he tabled 
. Unfortunately for him, Fernandez tabled 
for trip nines and scooped the pot, leaving Palomares very short.
for a set of sixes, and Mehamed frustratingly revealed 
for a pair of queens. The river was the 
and Mehamed was eliminated just short of the unofficial final table of nine. 
. Rodrigo Borquez called with 
, and the board ran out 
to send Finkelberg to the rail.
for a full house.
and Borquez checked. Postigo bet 3,100 and Borquez called.
and both players checked to the river, which was the 
.
for two pair and Postigo folded his hand, tapping the table.
