Action folded around to Jean Sierra in the cutoff and he limped. Christopher Franco raised to 22,000 from the button and Sierra called.
The flop came and Sierra checked. Franco bet 26,000 and Sierra called.
The turn brought the and both players checked.
The fell on the river and Sierra bet 29,000. After a few moments of consideration, Franco called. Sierra flipped over for turned top two pair and Franco mucked with an exasperated sigh.
On one of the first hands of the day Maria Lampropulos doubled up, then she managed to take down her second hand as well. While the double up occurred in unknown fashion we did catch the second hand.
Andres Lopez limped in on the button. Andres Viola called from the small blind. Lampropulos checked from the big blind.
The flop came and all three players checked to see the on the turn where all three players checked again.
The river was the and Viola checked to Lampropulos who bet 12,000. Lopez called while Viola folded. Lapropulos showed for a pair of tens. Lopez flashed Lampropulos his cards then mucked his hand and Lampropulos took down the pot.
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Leo Fernandez Searching for a Win in the PokerStars Festival Uruguay High Roller
It is the penultimate day of the PokerStars Festival Uruguay with the High Roller finishing up today. Last night the Main Event finished up with Julio Belluscio taking it down for $66,748. Today there is a different beast to conquer. The High Roller only has 13 players remaining and leading them all is Hugo Spangenberg.
Spangenberg bagged up 420,000 chips to end the night but he was trailed by some very noteworthy players as well. Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez is hot on his heels after bagging up 329,000 chips, as is Christopher Franco (359,000) who is looking for revenge after bubbling the Main Event just a few days ago. Also in the field are two of Argentina's top poker pros; World Series of Poker bracelet winner Andres Korn (224,000) and Maria Lampropulos (49,000).
Everyone is trying to lock up the first place prize that is worth $54,480 for this event, but that being said only nine of the final 13 will even make it into the money. A min-cash in this event is worth $5,400 and every prize from that point on will increase since nine players marks the start of the unofficial final table.
Play will continue from level 17 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a running ante of 1,000 and the plan for today is to play all the down to a champion. After that players can meet up for the PokerStars Festival Uruguay Players' Party which kicks off tonight as well. Action is set to beging at 12 p.m. local time and PokerNews will be here with all the action so make sure to stay tuned.
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and Sierra checked. Franco bet 26,000 and Sierra called.
and both players checked.
fell on the river and Sierra bet 29,000. After a few moments of consideration, Franco called. Sierra flipped over 
for turned top two pair and Franco mucked with an exasperated sigh.
and all three players checked to see the 
and Viola checked to Lampropulos who bet 12,000. Lopez called while Viola folded. Lapropulos showed 
