Jose Carlos Rodrigues is a little steamed after chip leader Alex Manzano caught a lucky turn card. Rodrigues limped into the pot pre-flop from middle position, then called Manzano's big-blind raise to 34,000. Manzano made a cautious lead of 27,000 at a wet flop of ; Rodrigues called. When the turn came the , both players slowly peeked at their cards and checked in turn. Manzano fired again on the river , making the price of a showdown 42,000. He tabled after Rodrigues called. Seeing that hand made Rodrigues slam the table in frustration and show .
The first three-way flop of the day took place at Table 1 among Bruno Foster, Amos Ben Haim and Raphael Martins. Action on a king-high flop, , checked all the way to Ben Haim on the button. His bet of 43,000 was called only by Foster. Foster check-called another 62,000 when the turn came a seemingly harmless 62,000. He also checked the river, but Ben Haim smelled a rat. He quickly checked behind, prompting Foster to say "Ach!" as he tabled for top two pair. It was good.
Action folded over to Amos Ben Haim in the cutoff seat and he put in an opening raise to 23,000. Raphael Martins three-bet to 50,000 from the button and both the blinds folded. Ben Haim made the call.
The flop came down and Ben Haim checked. Martins fired a bet of 60,000, which was met with an all-in raise from Ben Haim. Martins had 206,000 behind and Ben Haim had him well covered. After a minute, Martins gave it up and Ben Haim won the pot.
Action folded all the way around to Fabio Colonese in the small blind. He raised to 24,000 to attack the big blind of Jose Carlos Rodrigues. Rodrigues fought back with a reraise all in for 104,000 and Colonese quickly called.
Rodrigues:
Colonese:
The board ran out to give Rodrigues the double up. Colonese dropped back to 475,000 in chips.
Daniela Zapiello had the last of her chips in preflop with the on the feature table. She was up against the for Henrique Bernardes.
After the flop, turn and river ran out , Zapiello was eliminated from the tournament. Bernardes moved to about 750,000 in chips while Zapiello said goodbye to her tablemates with hugs for all and exited to the rail. She picked up R$14,350 for her finish. In February 2010, Zapiello placed fifth in the LAPT Punta del Este Main Event for USD $52,110.
From under the gun, Alex Manzano raised to 23,000. He's been raising just about every hand as all good big stacks do and hasn't been encountering much resistance from his opponents. On this hand though, action folded to Marcio Motta in the small blind and he three-bet shoved for about 170,000. Manzano quickly called after Cesar Plaza folded in the big blind.
Motta:
Manzano:
Motta's dominating position held up as the board ran out and he's back over 350,000 in chips. Manzano has dropped to under one million.
Walter Oaquim is going to need to work some magic with a short stack if he hopes to make tomorrow's final table. He opened a pot to 27,000 pre-flop and was called by Jose Carlos Rodrigues. Both players checked the queen-high flop, . Rodrigues took a stab with a bet of 24,000 on the turn but couldn't shake Oaquim. When the river paired queens, , Rodrigues checked. Oaquim checked behind and shook his head, as if to say, "I missed." Then he turned over two 5s, . It was yet another blow to the shrinking stack of Rodrigues, who silently mucked.
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; Rodrigues called. When the turn came the 
, both players slowly peeked at their cards and checked in turn. Manzano fired again on the river 
, making the price of a showdown 42,000. He tabled 
after Rodrigues called. Seeing that hand made Rodrigues slam the table in frustration and show 
.
, checked all the way to Ben Haim on the button. His bet of 43,000 was called only by Foster. Foster check-called another 62,000 when the turn came a seemingly harmless 62,000. He also checked the 
river, but Ben Haim smelled a rat. He quickly checked behind, prompting Foster to say "Ach!" as he tabled 
for top two pair. It was good.
and Ben Haim checked. Martins fired a bet of 60,000, which was met with an all-in raise from Ben Haim. Martins had 206,000 behind and Ben Haim had him well covered. After a minute, Martins gave it up and Ben Haim won the pot.
on the feature table. She was up against the 
, Zapiello was eliminated from the tournament. Bernardes moved to about 750,000 in chips while Zapiello said goodbye to her tablemates with hugs for all and exited to the rail. She picked up R$14,350 for her finish. In February 2010, Zapiello placed fifth in the LAPT Punta del Este Main Event for USD $52,110.
and he's back over 350,000 in chips. Manzano has dropped to under one million.
, Rodrigues checked. Oaquim checked behind and shook his head, as if to say, "I missed." Then he turned over two 5s, 