Joao Bauer is getting a bit bloodied to start Day 3. First, he doubled up Rodrigo Portaleoni by calling Portaleoni's all in on the turn drawing completely dead. Bauer had raised pre-flop to 25,000, with Portaleoni calling from the big blind to a flop of . Portaleoni check-raised Bauer from 24,000 to 58,000. Bauer called that raise, then tank-called another 155,000 all in on the turn. Portaleoni showed , a flopped two pair, leaving Bauer's stone dead.
A hand later, Portaleoni opened a pot to 28,000 and was called by Amos Ben Haim on the button. Bauer three-bet out of the small blind to 81,000 and was called only by Ben Haim. On a king-high flop of , Bauer tried a bet of 95,000. Almost as soon as it was in the middle Ben Haim announced that he was all in for 622,000 total. Bauer had that amount covered but the bet gave him pause. After about a minute he mucked.
From the cutoff seat, Cesar Plaza moved all in for approximately 275,000, give or take a few. Jose Carlos Rodrigues was in the big blind and with 158,000 behind, shook his head and open-folded the .
Amos Ben Haim raised from the small blind after action folded around to him. He made it 27,000 to go and Raphael Martins made the call from the big blind to see the flop come down . Ben Haim checked and Martins moved all in for 147,000. Ben Haim snapped him off.
Ben Haim:
Martins:
The turn brought the to pair the board and give Martins trips. He pumped his fists and celebrated while standing next to the table as the river completed the board with the . After the river hit, Martins gave a few more fist pumps as the double up was secured. Ben Haim dropped back to 705,000 in chips.
PokerStars qualifier Miguel Lugo was all in preflop with the up against the for Leandro Csome. An ace flopped as the board ran out and Lugo was eliminated in 21st place. He earned a payday worth R$14,350.
We apologize for the lack of details coming from hands on the feature table. Our access is limited due to the table being filmed.
From the cutoff seat, Joao Bauer raised to 25,000. Santiago Nadal moved all in for 205,000 from the button. The two blinds and Bauer folded, allowing him to pick up the pot.
From under the gun, Bruno Politano raised to 28,000. PokerStars qualifier Rodrigo Portaleoni three-bet from the hijack seat to 79,000. Action folded back to Politano and he took about 20 seconds before moving all in for 828,000. Portaleoni was now put the decision for his tournament life. He had 331,000 chips behind at the time Politano shoved and went into the tank. He tanked for several long minutes, about seven or eight, before finally folding his hand. Politano won the pot and didn't show his hand.
Cesar Plaza played patient poker all day yesterday but he may have gotten a little trigger happy today -- and it cost him. Plaza open-shoved from the cutoff for 280,000 with and was snap-called by small blind Fabio Colonese with . A dejected Plaza was quick to the rail aftera board of failed to improve him to the winning hand.
A strange day for Jose Carlos Rodrigues got a little stranger a few moments ago. The standard part came first, as he open-shoved his small blind for 131,000 with and was called by Eduardo Costa in the big blind with . Rodrigues couldn't catch, failing to improve on a board of .
The countdown of both players' stacks revealed that Rodrigues had Costa covered by 7,000. Those chips went into the pot on the next hand after Fabio Colonese opened for 29,000. Big blind Walter Oaquim also called. Oaquim and Colonese checked the flop. Oaquim fired for 34,000 on the turn, inducing Colonese to fold face up. Oaquim collected the 50,000-chip side pot, then showed an unimproved . Improbably, Rodrigues tabled , a hand that had been behind Colonese for the main pot. Colonese was disgusted as the river came to give Rodrigues the main pot.
Joao Bauer is giving out double-ups at Table 1. The latest beneficiary was Caio Brites, who got about 200,000 chips into the middle pre-flop with . Bauer made the call out of the big blind with , then flopped a gutshot straight draw, . That draw never filled, and , as Brites found some breathing room.
With new-found life but still critically short of chips, Jose Carlos Rodrigues moved all in for 27,000 from under the gun. Walter Oaquim shoved behind him for 220,000, bringing the action to Marcio Motta. Motta tanked for two minutes, engaging Oaquim in some laughing banter that we couldn't understand, before folding his hand. The blinds also folded, taking Rodrigues and Oaquim to showdown.
Rodrigues:
Oaquim:
Both players flopped an ace, but two baby cards left Rodrigues with kicker problems, . He shouted "Nueve!" once before the turn and a second time before the river. Neither was the requested card. Rodrigues has reported to the rail in 19th place.
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. Portaleoni check-raised Bauer from 24,000 to 58,000. Bauer called that raise, then tank-called another 155,000 all in on the 
turn. Portaleoni showed 
, a flopped two pair, leaving Bauer's 
stone dead.
.
. Ben Haim checked and Martins moved all in for 147,000. Ben Haim snapped him off.
to pair the board and give Martins trips. He pumped his fists and celebrated while standing next to the table as the river completed the board with the 
. After the river hit, Martins gave a few more fist pumps as the double up was secured. Ben Haim dropped back to 705,000 in chips.
up against the 
for Leandro Csome. An ace flopped as the board ran out 
and Lugo was eliminated in 21st place. He earned a payday worth R$14,350.
and was snap-called by small blind Fabio Colonese with 
. Rodrigues couldn't catch, failing to improve on a board of 
.
flop. Oaquim fired for 34,000 on the 
. Improbably, Rodrigues tabled 
to give Rodrigues the main pot.
, then flopped a gutshot straight draw, 
. That draw never filled, 
and 
