Break Time
The remaining players are heading on a 15-minute break.
The remaining players are heading on a 15-minute break.
Only one player representing Team PokerStars remains and that's Jorge Arias. Leo Fernandez from Team Pro Argentina has just hit the rail. He was all in preflop with pocket threes against an opponent's pocket eights. The board ran out and that was the end of the line for Fernandez.
Guillermo Montero has just been eliminated. Alexandre Richard busted him with after an ace flopped. Montero held pocket tens.
Homero Ribeiro opened to 20,000 from under the gun, only to have Mario Mascioto move all in for roughly 50,000 from the small blind. Ribeiro made the call, and we were off to a showdown.
Ribeiro:
Mascioto:
The board ran out to see Mascioto eliminated as Ribeiro climbs to 140,000 in chips.
Wallacy Marcal was all in preflop with the and this time he wasn't going to survive. Kwang Ho Han held the and did the deed as the board ran out . Han's now up to 270,000 in chips while Marcal hit the rail.
Ademir Strecha snapped off Rudy Blondeau's all-in bet of 155,500 preflop with the . Blondeau held the . Blondeau's hand held after the board ran out and Strecha was knocked all the way back to 90,000 in chips. Blondeau is now over 300,000 in chips.
In a blind-on-blind battle, Sander Aalders called his opponent's 48,000 all in from the big blind.
Aalders:
Small Blind:
The board ran out to see Aalders double his opponent and slip to 120,000 in chips.
Sander Aalders from The Netherlands put his bigger stack of about 180,000 to good use once it was bubble time. His stack went from 180,000 to about 235,000 just from constant preflop aggression in stealing the blinds and antes. Once in a while, Aalders would show an ace from his hand to keep himself honest, but other than that it was nothing but steady growth for his chips stack.
Alexandre Fracari was all in preflop for about 40,000 chips over on the feature table as the rest of the room watched from the outskirts on the television screens hung at the top of the final table stage. Francisco Azocar was his opponent and the player everyone in the room was hoping would win the hand to bust the bubble.
Azocar:
Fracari:
The flop came down and Azocar pulled to the lead with an ace hitting the felt. The turn was the and the river the to send Fracari out the door as the last player to bust from the tournament without anything to show for it. Everyone remaining is now in the money and earning at least $4,619.
Fifty minutes, a couple of double ups, and we're still waiting!
At this rate . . . this day may never end!