The final table is set for the Brasil Poker Live Presents: WPT Argentina Main Event from Casino Iguazú. The field of 327 entries has been whittled down to the final eight, and it’s Argentinian Oscar Ferreyra leading the way with a stack of 3.234 million. The final six players will return at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 18, to play for the $84,992 first-place prize.
WPT Argentina Final Table
Seat 1: Martín Piñeiro – 569,000
Seat 2: Raúl Manzano – 495,000
Seat 3: José Latorraca – 858,000
Seat 4: Luiz Montagna – 935,000
Seat 5: Cristian Vilches – 1,125,000
Seat 6: Affif Prado – 1,942,000
Seat 7: Oscar Ferreyra – 3,234,000
Seat 8: Daniel Klachuk – 658,000
The final table was set after an exciting Day 3 of action. Pedro Claus led the final 38 players into play, all in the money and guaranteed $2,495. Also in the mix was Andres Korn, winner of the first-ever WPT National Thailand Main Event.
In quick succession, Wendel Cader (38th), Jean Paulo Da Silva (37th), and Federico Herrera (36th) were the first three players to bust. Daniel Larizzate then went out in 35th, and the payouts began to pile up.
Falling in 28th position was Bruno Foster, then Korn hit the rail in 23rd place. Korn went out when his pocket nines ran into the pocket queens of Marcelo Mesqueu.
Claus, the start-of-day chip leader, busted in 17th place at the hands of José Latorraca, and then Mesqueu went out in 15th.
Out in 12th was Leonardo Lisi, having been eliminated by Ferreyra with his 
couldn’t hold up against Ferreyra’s 
, according to updates from Codigo Poker. Then it was Franco Spitale (11th), Alejandro Sicuro (10th), and Luiz Paim (9th) as the final three players to go before the remaining eight players bagged their chips.
On the final hand of Day 3, Paim was all in with the 
against Luiz Montagna’s 
. The board ran out 
to bust Paim.
Ferreyra has a big lead entering Sunday’s final table, holding more than 1.2 million above the second-place stack of Affif Prado (1.942 million). Cristian Vilches is in third place on the leaderboard with 1.125 million. Ferreyra has direct position on both Prado and Vilches at the final table.
Action kicks off on Sunday at 2 p.m. local time from Casino Iguazú for the WPT Argentina final table. The final eight players are guaranteed $10,715, but it’s the $84,992 first-place prize they’re all gunning for.
For continued coverage of the WPT Argentina $1,500 Main event, head to Codigo Poker.
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