Two-Time LAPT High Roller Champion Amos Ben Leads at the End of Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Chile Main Event

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Day 2 of the PokerStars Festival Chile $500,000 guaranteed Main Event has come to an end with 32 players bagging their chips and moving on to Day 3.

Three Chileans lead the field and look to close out strong .Leading the way is two-time LAPT High Roller champion, Amos Ben, who has amassed quite an impressive resume. He has over $800,000 in live career earnings, with his biggest score of $101,000 from the 2015 Gran Final Millonaria Enjoy Conrad in Uruguay. Ben goes into Day 3 with 796,000 chips after a late surge on Day 2.

Miguel Zarzar sits in second place, and who was among the top three in chips for most of the day. Zarzar is a popular local and looks to go deep with his 632,000 in chips. Rounding out the top three is Hector Valenzuela. He bagged 471,000 and is looking for his first live Main Event cash.

Other notables moving on to Day 3 include Andres Vega (388,000), Tomas Carvallo (381,000), Sergio Dario Tello (341,000), Richard Dubini (287,000), Nicolas Malandre (269,000), Joaquin Barcena (155,000), Martin Pineiro (130,000) and Andre Roberto Finkelberg (125,000).

The day ended mid-way through level 17 and players will begin Day 3 from that point. Around the start of level 16, the money bubble burst and it was Team PokerStars Pro and High Roller Champion, Leo Fernandez, who was the final elimination before the money hit. Chile's Quirima Gonzalez was the last woman in the field and the only one to make it to Day 2, walking away with ($2,840) for her efforts.

As expected, Chile has turned out to be a popular destination for South Americans, but plenty of players from other countries around the world have joined in on the action. Of the 224 unique entries in the Main Event, Chile made up 133 of these, with Argentina having the second-best showing with 63. Brazil had six entries, and Mexico attracted five. There were 17 players from other countries, including one a piece from the Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

Day 3 begins at noon local time and will play down to eight players. Blinds will continue from 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante where the remaining 32 players will battle it out for the PokerStars Festival Chile Main Event title, and the $97,360 that goes along with it.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Amos Ben	796,000 196,000	196,000
Miguel Zarzar	632,000 -18,000	-18,000
Hector Valenzuela	471,000 -9,000	-9,000
Juan Sebastian Gomez	419,000 419,000	419,000
Diego Lizana	405,000 405,000	405,000
Andres Vega	388,000 18,000	18,000
Tomas Carvallo	381,000 256,000	256,000
Hernan Panutti	352,000 352,000	352,000
Sergio Dario Tello	341,000 -9,000	-9,000
Richard Dubini	287,000 -28,000	-28,000
Daniel Foti	283,000 48,000	48,000
Rodrigo Zambra	282,000 282,000	282,000
Nicolas Malandre	269,000 269,000	269,000
Walter Hahn	251,000 111,000	111,000
Aurel Bogdan	251,000 191,500	191,500
Rodrigo Delgado	249,000 -61,000	-61,000
Jose Luis Capdevila	223,000 223,000	223,000
Cristian Velasquez	198,000 198,000	198,000
Juan Parra	188,000 -26,000	-26,000
Alejandro Sicuro	160,000
Camilo Florez	156,000 -14,000	-14,000
Joaquin Barcena	155,000 45,000	45,000
Martin Pineiro	130,000 -50,000	-50,000
Christopher Franco	127,000 103,200	103,200
Roberto Andre Finkelberg	125,000 125,000	125,000
Daniel Vejar	125,000 11,000	11,000
Jorge Ottaviano	121,000 121,000	121,000
Muhammad Sadiq	110,000 90,000	90,000
Wladimir Tarifeno	108,000 -51,200	-51,200
Oscar Toloso	105,000 15,700	15,700
Francisco Salazar	87,000 87,000	87,000
Pedro Sepulveda	87,000 87,000	87,000