From the button, Alex Brenes raised to 6,000. Only the player in the big blind called and the flop came down 
. Both players checked and the 
appeared on the turn. The big blind checked and Brenes bet 6,000. His opponent called.
The river completed the board with the 
and both players checked. After the big blind turned up the 
for a busted flush draw, Brenes tabled the 
and the two wound up chopping up the pot.
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Emerson Baroni had been making all the right moves since flopping a set of aces against a set of tens yesterday. He made his first mistake against the button player at his table. That player opened with a raise to 5,500. Baroni got a rough count on the player's stake, then re-raised from the small blind to 31,000. Rodrigo Vieira folded the big blind, giving the button a clean shot to move all in for 44,800. Baroni called in a shot but was disgusted to see that his 
was out-pipped by the button's 
. That 10 kicker was the difference on a board of 
.
Baroni is down to about 160,000.
One of the potentially more compelling storylines of this tournament has been put to bed. Jose "Nacho" Barbero, who won back-to-back LAPT titles during Season 3 at Punta del Este and Lima, has been eliminated from the tournament. He will not be capturing a third title here in Sao Paulo.
On the flop of 
, a player fired 7,000 into Emerson Baroni. Baroni raised to 21,000. His opponent came back over the top for an all-in shove worth 141,000. Baroni looked stunned and quickly folded, dropping to 166,000 in chips.
Daniela started Day 2 with exactly 37,000 chips, or about 23 big blinds. As we approach the end of Level 2, she's up to about 260,000, or 130 big blinds. Zapiello has been a machine. She's knocked a few opponents out and has taken big chunks out of others. Her star and her stack are in ascendancy at the moment.
One player checked to Eric Mifune on the flop of 
. Mifune bet 6,500 and his opponent called. The turn went check, check after the 
fell and the river was also checked after the 
completed the board.
Mifune looked confused when his opponent table the 
after calling his flop bet out of position with only backdoor draws. Mifune mucked and dropped back to 146,000.
Bruno Severino has been eliminated. His pocket fives couldn't improve against an opponent's pocket jacks and he was sent to the rail.
We've trimmed about 30% of the field in the first two hours of the day. The survivors are on a 15-minute break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
Some poker players have a "thing". For Joe Hachem, it was "Pass the sugar." For Andre Scaff, playing here on Day 2 in Sao Paulo, it's "Filhe do rei". Scaff was shouting that phrase again after taking down a sizable pot from the chip leader, Santiego Nadal. With 13,000 in the pot on the turn, 
, Scaff bet 8,200 from the big blind. Nadal called, bringing the two players to the river. Scaff made a cautious check. Nadal cut 19,700 off of his massive stack and tossed the chips into the pot. Scaff then check-raised all in.
"How much?" asked Nadal. The dealer counted down Scaff at 109,200, a raise of almost 90,000 back to Nadal. He seemed anguished but finally folded, showing the 
. Scaff showed a club flush, .
"Filhe do rei!" he shouted.
