2017 PokerStars Festival Uruguay

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2017 PokerStars Festival Uruguay

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$66,748
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Entries
261
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Brazilian Star Shines Bright

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Hugo Marcelo - Courtesy of Carlos Monti/PokerStars
Hugo Marcelo - Courtesy of Carlos Monti/PokerStars

Hugo Marcelo is a well-known player in the Brazilian poker community. In 2015 he took down a SCOOP title and more recently he earned Player of the Series accolades for the Brazilian Series of Poker, earning him a package for this event here in Uruguay. Today on Day 1a he's making his presence known early and has already amassed right around three times the starting stack.

In a recent hand that we saw, Marcelo was involved with another player on a board of {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{K-Spades} with nearly 10,000 already in the pot. Marcelo's opponent checked to him and he put out a bet of 6,000. Marcelo's opponent called.

The river was the {5-Diamonds} and Marcelo's opponent opted to lead out with a small bet, making it 800. Marcelo thought for a bit, then decided to move his opponent all in. The player thought for a while, then eventually called. Marcelo made a face, then turned over {K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. His opponent stood up from the table and mucked his hand allowing Marcelo to take down the big pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Hugo Marcelo
77,000
77,000
77,000

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