Alex Manzano and Joao "joao bauer" Neto got it in on another flip, and once again Manzano came out clean on the other side. The two took a raised flop of . Neto had first action and led out. Manzano tried a raise to 595,000 only to see Neto shove all in. Even after the last double up Neto still had Manzano covered. Mazano tanked for close to two minutes before calling all in for 3.1 million. Showdown time!
Neto: , an inside straight draw, a flush draw and an overcard
Manzano: , top pair of 8s
It was a gutsy call by Manzano, but even despite having the best hand he was far from assured of dragging the pot. Neto was standing for the turn and river , neither of which improved his hand.
Manzano is once again in the lead with about 6.5 million chips. The remaining chips are evenly divided between Neto and Marcelo Fonseca.
From the button, PokerStars qualifier Alex Manzano raised all in for 1.5 million, 15 big blinds. After Marcelo Fonseca folded in the small blind, chip leader Joao Bauer called from the big blind and the cards were on their backs.
Bauer:
Manzano:
The flop came down and kept Manzano in front. He now only needed to dodge the turn and river to double up.
The turn brought the and gave Manzano a pair of threes, although it didn't change much. Bauer still needed a king or a jack. When the three hit the board, many of Manzano's fans applauded and cheered.
The river completed the board with the and officially secured the double up for Manzano. Ship this one to Chile.
Marcio "kamikase" Motta was a quiet but intimidating presence at today's final table. We say "was" because he was just eliminated in 4th place by Joao "joao bauer" Neto. Bauer opened pre-flop from first position, then called Motta's short-stack shove. Bauer had a small pair, . He stood up and appeared anxious as Motta revealed two over-cards, the . Sixes were still boss after the flop. Motta picked up a flush draw when a second heart hit the turn, , but the river didn't improve his hand. All four players stood up to shake Motta's hand as he was retired to the rail.
The tournament staff has paused the clock following the elimination of Leandro Csome in fifth place in order to remove some of the T5,000 chips from the table and add more T25,000 chips.
Brazil is one step closer to its first LAPT title. Current chip leader (and Brazilian) Joao "joao bauer" Neto raised pre-flop, then snap-called after big blind (and Argentinian) Leandro Csome moved all in. Csome could only muster up , one over-card against Bauer's . Nines were best on a board of .
Three of the remaining four players are Brazilian. Chile's Alex Manzano is the only person that stands in the way of Brazil's first LAPT title, and he has a lot of catching up to do against chip leader Bauer.
On the next hand following his doubling up of Alex Manzano, Leandro Csome was all in with the against the for chip leader Joao Bauer. The flop came down and gave Bauer a pair of queens, but Csome picked up a flush draw.
The turn completed the flush for Csome when the fell and left Bauer drawing dead. The river completed the board with the and Csome sat back down in his seat to collect his chips. He's back to about 500,000 now.
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. Neto had first action and led out. Manzano tried a raise to 595,000 only to see Neto shove all in. Even after the last double up Neto still had Manzano covered. Mazano tanked for close to two minutes before calling all in for 3.1 million. Showdown time!
, an inside straight draw, a flush draw and an overcard
, top pair of 8s
and river 
, neither of which improved his hand.
and kept Manzano in front. He now only needed to dodge the turn and river to double up.
and officially secured the double up for Manzano. Ship this one to Chile.
. He stood up and appeared anxious as Motta revealed two over-cards, the 
flop. Motta picked up a flush draw when a second heart hit the turn, 
, one over-card against Bauer's 
. Nines were best on a board of 
against the 
for chip leader Joao Bauer. The flop came down 
and gave Bauer a pair of queens, but Csome picked up a flush draw.
and Csome sat back down in his seat to collect his chips. He's back to about 500,000 now.