Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Just before the break, a monster pot developed when Leonardo Olivares raised to 53,000 from the cutoff and was called by Javier Venegas in the big blind, leading to the 

flop. A series of raises and reraises resulted in Olivares being all in, and his 
was way out in front against the 
of Venegas.
Neither the
turn nor
river changed a thing, and Olivares doubled to over 1.8 million!
Players are now on a 15-minute break.
Waldermar Barrientos opened for 50,000 from the hijack and found one called in the form of Halysson Sala in the big blind. The latter checked the 

flop, allowing Barrientos to fire out 65,000, leaving himself just 198,000 behind. Sala wasted little time in moving all in, prompting Barrientos to remove his headphones and sungalsses.
Barrientos, who finished as the Day 1a chip leader, stared up at the ceiling quite some time and seemed almost tortured by the decision. It looked like he was going to fold, only to stop himself. After a couple of minutes, he made the call and revealed 
. Sala then rolled over 
for tens.
Barrientos was clearly disappointed and received no help on the
turn and
river. With that, we're down to 11 players.
Action folded to William Espinosa in the hijack and he opened for 60,000. Javier Venegas was on the button and decided to put in a reraise, which inspired Espinosa to ship his stack of around 250K. Venegas made the call to put Espinosa at risk.
Showdown
| Venegas | ![]() ![]() |
| Espinosa | ![]() ![]() |
The 

flop gave Espinosa a gut-shot straight draw, meaning an ace or queen would give him the lead. The
turn wasn't either one of them, and neither was the
river. Espinosa was eliminated in 13th place, meaning just four more eliminations are needed before we reach our final table.
On a board reading 


, William Espinosa checked to Felipe Velasquez, who bet 256,000. Espinosa then moved all in and Velasquez called off for 352,000 total.
Showdown
| Velasquez | ![]() ![]() |
| Espinosa | ![]() ![]() |
Velasquez was way ahead and ended up ahead when the
fell on the river. He doubled to over 800K while Espinosa was left with just 260K.