With the recent elimination of Cristian Velasquez in 10th place, the final nine players in the PokerStars Festival Chile Main Event have come together.
After one more elimination, play will end for the day and the final table of eight players will play down to a winner tomorrow beginning at noon local time.
Amos Ben leads the way with 2,300,000, with Daniel Vejar sitting as the short stack with 445,000.
Amos Ben raised to 45,000 from under the gun, and Cristian Velasquez moved all in for 180,000 from the small blind. Ben called.
Ben:
Velasquez:
The flop came , and Velasquez remained ahead with ace-high. The turn was the , and the river was the . Ben made a pair of tens and Velasquez was eliminated just shy of the final table.
Just nine players remain, and the tournament director is about to redraw for seats. A full table draw will be posted shortly.
Francisco Salazar limped in from the small blind, and Amos Ben raised to 46,000. Salazar re-raised to 200,000, and Ben moved all in. Salazar snap-called for his remaining 480,000.
It was a cooler, and chip leader Ben was on the right side of it holding . Salazar tabled and stood up from his seat.
The flop came and Ben took an even bigger lead with a set of kings. The turn was the and Salazar picked up a straight draw for some hope of surviving. The river was the and Salazar was eliminated.
Aurel Bogdan just lost a flip with pocket jacks against Daniel Vejar's king-queen and was knocked down to just 50,000 in chips. He lost the hand and possibly his headphones after smashing them on the ground once the board ran out in Vejar's favor.
Shortly after, Bogdan got his remaining stack in the middle with in the big blind after calling a shove from Diego Lizana in the small blind with . The board ran out and he hit the rail.
Jorge Ottaviano was short, and got his remaining 113,000 chips in the middle with . Oscar Roloso had him dominated with two red nines, leaving him with just three aces in the deck to save his tournament life.
The board ran out and Ottaviano was eliminated in just his second poker tournament. He won a seat in the main through a satellite, and goes home with an impressive finish.
The tournament director is now redrawing seats for the final two tables. A table draw will be posted shortly.
, and Velasquez remained ahead with ace-high. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
. Ben made a pair of tens and Velasquez was eliminated just shy of the final table.
. Salazar tabled 
and stood up from his seat.
and Ben took an even bigger lead with a set of kings. The turn was the 
and Salazar picked up a straight draw for some hope of surviving. The river was the 
and Salazar was eliminated.
and Pineiro had 
and Pineiro was eliminated.
.
and Valenzuela hit the rail.
in the big blind after calling a shove from Diego Lizana in the small blind with 
. The board ran out 
and Ottaviano was eliminated in just his second poker tournament. He won a seat in the main through a satellite, and goes home with an impressive finish. 
