For the last hour or so we've been suffering rolling power outages here in Sao Paulo. Every time the tournament site loses power, everything goes with it: lights, A/C and internet. As a result the start of the tournament has been delayed.
Tournament officials recently announced that the power company has assured them that the problem of rolling power outages has been resolved. The final eight players are being made up for TV and are set to be individually introduced in a few moments. After the introductions are complete play will begin for the day with 17:53 left in Level 25.
Lights, camera, action! The players have made their entrances to the final table, complete with neon lights, strobe lights, a smoke show and loud music. The cards are now in the air.
Leandro Csome started as the chip leader and with the button. He immediately went to work, winning the first four pots. For three of those hands, Csome's opening raise to 90,000 was enough to take down the blinds and the antes. The other hand, Bruno "Foster" Politano tried to three-bet Csome from 90,000 to 190,000. Csome responded by shoving all in, a move that induced Politano to fold.
The lights on the stage went out midway through the fourth hand. The tournament is paused while the tournament staff works to restore them.
Santiago Nadal's short stack was depleted all the way to 455,000 when he open-shoved from early position. Action passed to Bruno Politano in the big blind. He thought for about 30 seconds before calling with . Nadal opened for the first all-in and call of the day. Although Politano picked up a straight draw by the turn, , he couldn't find a river that would knockout Nadal. The that fell secured a double-up for Nadal.
Bruno Politano regained his chips from Santiago Nadal. Politano open-shoved from early position for 385,000. Nadal, two seats behind Politano, then over-shoved to isolate. The rest of the table folded, allowing Nadal the chance to finish off Politano.
Politano:
Nadal:
It was looking grim for Politano by the turn, . Then a rail bird shouted, "Ace on the river!" and bink! The river came to the delight of the very partisan Brazilian crowd.
Action folded around to Henrique Bernardes in the hijack seat. He moved all in for 255,000. Action then moved to Marcio Motta on the button and he proceeded to tank for a minute or two before folding. Joao Bauer wound up making the call when the action got to him, holding the . Bernardes had moved in with the .
The flop came down and gave Bauer a pair of tens. He was still behind the queens for Bernardes though as he was looking to double up.
The turn brought the and the river the . The queens held for Bernardes and he was able to double up.