2017 PokerStars Festival Chile

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Chile

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$97,360
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
329
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez Sits in the Top Five on Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Chile Main Event

Leo Fernandez
Leo Fernandez

Team PokerStars Pro, Leo Fernandez, built up a healthy stack last night and sits in fifth place in the counts coming into Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Chile $500,000 Guaranteed Main Event at Casino Enjoy Viña del Mar. Play begins at noon local time and will conclude once 24 players are remaining or after 10 levels of play.

Argentina's Jorge Teodoulou leads the way with 247,700 chips. He looks to continue this trend throughout Day 2 in search of his first recorded live tournament victory. Colombia's Juan Sebastian Gomez sits in second place overall with 237,700 chips, and Chile's Miguel Zarzar rounds out the top three with 228,000 after finishing as the chip leader on Day 1a.

This feature event attracted a total of 329 entries, with 109 contenders coming back for Day 2 to battle it out for a shot at the Main Event Title.

Other notables finding bags from their qualifying flights were, Javier Swett (60,500), Amos Ben (82,900), Alex Manzano (145,200), PokerStars online qualifier Robert Heidorn (108,300), Richard Dubini (72,200), Norberto Korn (71,900), Rodrigo Borquez (52,100), Andres Jeckeln (51,600), and Fernando Gordo (35,200).

Play will recommence at level 11, and blinds will begin at 800/1,600 with a 200 ante. There will be a 20-minute break every two hours, and an 80-minute dinner break is scheduled at the end of level 16. The prizepool and payouts will be posted during play on Day 2.

Here is a look at the seating assignments and chip counts for the day:

TableSeatNameCountryChips
11Nicolas Alonso Fuentes VidalThailand18,600
12Imanol Arambaru CorderoArgentina63,900
13Diego ZamarbrideArgentina80,000
14Cristobal LeivaArgentina31,300
15Hua HeChina71,700
16Victor Andres Vega PizarroChile33,400
17Muhammad SadiqChile20,000
18Ezequiel WaigelArgentina50,800
     
21Caio Fernando De AlmeidaBrazil30,600
22Jorge OttavianoArgentina21,600
23Rodrigo RishmagueChile34,600
24Luigui ScarpeccioArgentina32,200
25Hernan PanultiArgentina68,300
26Leor Behar RiffoChile23,300
27Carlos SchmidtArgentina95,100
28José Pedro Da Silva Paulo DemeyéreBrazil27,700
     
31Sanjay SahijwaniChile76,500
32Sergio Dario TelloArgentina200,200
33Norberto Andres KornArgentina71,900
34Milton De La Fuente PalmaChile62,300
35Ruben AraneoArgentina17,000
36Jose Krauss EcheverriaChile36,500
37Rodrigo Zambra BastiasChile52,200
38Teunis KooijNetherlands90,000
     
41Diego Lizana BesaChile44,600
42Daniel De MulaArgentina45,500
43Jose Antonio MartinoliChile141,400
44Joaquin BarcenaArgentina154,200
45Felix Barriga ParraChile52,900
46Daniel FotiArgentina120,800
47Arnaldo MesasArgentina66,300
48Sebastian Yanicelli WillinkArgentina114,400
     
51Gabriel Alonso Gómez MelladoChile77,500
52Nicolas Malandre GodoyChile108,400
53Pedro Sepulveda SantisChile36,300
54Jonathan MarkovitsEcuador75,400
55Gabriel Lopez UrraChile30,300
56Matias RobledoArgentina56,400
58Felipe Morales SeguinChile30,800
     
61Christopher FrancoChile23,800
62` TBCArgentina73,400
63Javier Eduardo Swett HormazabalChile60,500
64Oscar TolosoArgentina89,300
65Robert HeidornUnited Kingdom108,400
66Raul San Martin GuasanowChile46,600
68Fernando Javier GordoArgentina35,200
     
71Rodrigo DelgadoChile78,500
72Rodrigo Borquez MoralesChile52,100
73Jorge TeodououArgentina247,700
74Luis Alejandro Vasquez RissettiChile96,400
75Cristopher Cancino SepulvedaChile47,000
76Aquiles Espinoza EliasChile72,500
77Cristian Sandoval CataldoChile78,600
78Leonel Otazo AguileraChile155,800
     
82Quirima Gonzalez MarquezChile42,300
83Manuel Mauricio Munoz AlarezChile44,000
84Miguel Zarzar AlcaldeChile228,000
85Ariel AkermanArgentina17,600
86Eugenio Celume MuaumChile57,600
87Patricio Andres Rojas ParraChile26,600
88Andres Federico JeckelnArgentina51,600
     
91Ricardo Andres Chauriye RabahChile33,300
92Henrique OnoderaBrazil83,500
93Gustavo Omar MosconArgentina76,200
95Francisco Carreira PachecoBrazil35,500
96Richard DubiniArgentina72,200
97Horacio Jorge AleArgentina47,400
98Joan Franco PandolfinoArgentina49,700
     
101Hector ValenzuelaChile135,700
102Wladimir TarifenoChile159,200
103Williams Elvis Espinoza BazaChile62,100
104Alex Vega AlarconChile109,200
106Jonathan Vilares NunezChile118,800
107Juan Parra GarcesChile159,400
108Tomas Carvallo OssaChile120,200
     
111Jose Luis CapdevilaChile109,500
112Jaime Zamanillo MayolChile135,000
114Daniel VejarChile71,600
115Cristian Velasquez TapiaChile57,400
116Mikael AnderssonFinland68,000
117Luis Maria ScarpeccioArgentina73,200
118Sebastian RuizChile47,200
     
121Andres Roberto FinkelbergArgentina39,500
122Teofilo Tristan ArbeArgentina157,800
124Juan Sebastian Gomez GiraldoColombia237,700
125Francisco Salazar MonnardChile48,800
126Lucas Baruc Gomes SilvaBrazil48,600
127Alex Javier Manzano RamirezChile145,200
128Akash MazumdarUnited States28,600
     
131Jose Miguel Selame MusalemChile23,800
132Workel Contreras GerardoMexico44,000
133Aurel BogdanRomania59,500
134Janir MullerBrazil125,900
135Walter Federico HahnArgentina56,800
137Felipe Ortiz PanattChile39,400
138Rodrigo Perez PerezChile138,800
     
141Alberto Alarcón GarcíaPeru25,200
142Jorge Ricardo PostigoPeru36,700
144Mac Hudson Hilaire VernetChile133,800
146Jose Tadeo De S Palomares BogarinMexico79,000
147Jorge OttavianoArgentina55,100
148Cristian Arturo Aceiton RuizChile54,400
     
151Matias Ezequiel RuizArgentina82,300
152Leonardo FernandezArgentina152,900
153Martin Hugo PiñeiroArgentina129,700
155Amos Ben HaimChile82,900
156Mariano BalfagonArgentina126,600
157Cristian Andres Scherpf ArrigorriagaChile20,500
158Camilo Ernesto Florez SolisColombia45,100

A full recap will be posted once the day has reached it's completion, and the PokerNews team will continue with live updates throughout.

Tags: Alex ManzanoAmos BenAndres JeckelnJavier SwettJoaquin EarcenaJorge PostigoJorge TeodoulouJuan Sebastian GomezLeo FernandezMiguel ZarzarNorberto KornRichard DubiniRobert HeidornRoberto Andres FinkelbergRodrigo BorquezSanjay Sahijwani