Benitez Takes it With a Three-Bet
The player in the cutoff limped and Leo Fernandez raised to 150,000 from the button. Small blind Michael Del Vecchio called the raise by his Argentinian neighbor, but Francisco Benitez three-bet to 450,000.
The limper got out of the way and so did Fernandez and Del Vecchio. The pot was pushed to Benitez, who cashed in the $25,500 Super High Roller earlier this week.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Francisco Benitez | 4,000,000 |
2,400,000  |
| Michael Del Vecchio | 3,100,000 |
-1,300,000  |
| Leo Fernandez | 1,100,000 |
-1,000,000 |
Scholten Takes From Moscon
Freek Scholten was in a hand with Gustavo Omar Moscon where there was a 600,000 pot already and the board read [kcqd7dtc]. Moscon had checked to Scholten and the Dutchman bet 375,000. He was called and the [3d] river completed the board.
Moscon all of a sudden led out with a bet of 600,000 and Scholten was up. He thought about it for a minute before he called the bet and Moscon opened up [acts]. Scholten showed [kskh] for a set of kings which was the best hand and he won the sizeable pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Freek Scholten | 4,400,000 |
1,100,000 |
| Gustavo Omar Moscon | 4,400,000 |
-1,200,000 |
Field Size Confirmed
The tournament staff just announced that 420 players have registered in the Main Event here in Punta del Este, Uruguay. Another 36 players played the online Day 1+2 to make up for a total field size of 456 entries.
With the lofty $5,000,000 guarantee put on the partypoker MILLIONS South America Main Event, there is a $440,000 overlay.
They will play down to 60 players today and will play with five online survivors extra on Day 3 to make it 65 players total on the third day of play. All 65 players will be in the money. The distribution of the prize pool is to be confirmed later.
Scholten Busts Romero
Freek Scholten got up from the table and told us how he had busted James Romero just moments ago.
Scholten had opened the low jack with [9x9x] for 90,000 and Romero had jammed for 960,000 from the button with [9c4c]. Scholten called to put Romero’s tournament life on the line. The flop brought [Ax8x3x] with two clubs but the [Ts] on the turn and [Qs] on the river were blanks.
Romero is buying back in to give it another go, Scholten said.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Freek Scholten | 3,300,000 |
940,000
|
| James Romero | Busted |
-940,000
|
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gustavo Omar Moscon | 5,600,000 |
-700,000 |
| Michael Del Vecchio | 4,400,000 |
2,470,000 |
| Renato Nomura | 4,300,000 |
2,505,000 |
| Roberto Romanello | 3,900,000 |
-150,000 |
| Fabrizio Gonzalez | 3,600,000 |
-1,400,000 |
| Freek Scholten | 3,000,000 |
3,000,000 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 2,600,000 |
-1,015,000 |
| Leo Fernandez | 2,100,000 |
215,000 |
| Tommie Janssen | 1,600,000 |
800,000 |
| Bruno Volkmann | 850,000 |
375,000 |
La Boissonniere Chipping Back Up
Canadian Charles La Boissonniere was seen with a very short stack of 320,000 when he raised all in from middle position. The big blind thought about it for a minute before folding the [ad] face up. La Boissonniere collected the chips.
A couple of hands later it folded to the small blind who limped to La Boissonniere and he checked his option. The [Jh9s2h] flop was dealt and both checked. The turn was the [kh] and it checked to La Boissonniere again who fired a small bet of 60,000 which was exactly half pot.
His opponent folded and La Boissonniere won another small pot to chip up a bit.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Charles La Boissonniere | 560,000 |
-1,240,000 |
Jacob Daniels Eliminated
Jacob Daniels was seen making his way to the exit. He told us he had jammed his last 900,000 from the button holding [Tx9x] only to run into a player with [Ax8x]. With 15 minutes left in the level and 30 for late registration, Daniels is reentering he said.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Daniels | Busted |
-1,900,000 |
Mathis Flops Quads and Busts Two Players in Monster Pot
Daniel Vejar opened the cutoff for 125,000 and Esteban Gini called from the button. Big blind Marty Mathis over called from the big blind to make it three-handed to the flop.
Mathis checked on [Kd4c4s] and Vejar shoved for 775,000. Gini called and so did Mathis.
The [7h] on the turn saw Mathis bet out 600,000 into the empty side-pot. Gini was interested and called.
With 1.2 million in the side-pot, Mathis jammed on the [Jc] river. Gini, who had 1.9 million behind, tanked for some time before eventually calling.
Mathis showed [4d4h] for flopped quads. Vejar mucked his [AsKh] and Gini showed [AcKs] before making his exit.
Mathis, who won last year’s partypoker MILLIONS South America Main Event and finished runner-up in this year’s $25,500, now on almost 9 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Marty Mathis | 8,800,000 |
4,300,000 |
Assorted Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Romanello | 4,050,000 |
1,450,000 |
| Jose Ignacio Barbero | 2,600,000 |
740,000 |
| Richard Dubini | 2,200,000 |
950,000 |
| Ludovic Geilich | 1,800,000 |
-260,000 |
| Nick Yunis | 1,400,000 |
-350,000 |
| Fabian Gumz | 1,400,000 |
400,000 |
| Oliver Price | 1,100,000 | - |
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