On one of the last hands before the break, Raphael Martins and Joao Bauer took a blind-on-blind battle to showdown. Bauer again took the worst of it. Both players checked a flop. On the turn , Martins checked a second time before calling a bet of 30,000 from Bauer. Martins then opted to lead the river for 75,000. Bauer made a quick call but had to pay off the bet. He couldn't beat the that Martins turned over, a 7-high straight.
Santiego Nadal has been quiet throughout the first two levels. He finally found a spot he liked when he moved all in for 295,000 after Joao Bauer had opened for 37,000. Bruno Foster, sitting in the small blind, asked the dealer for a count on Nadal. Then he eyed Bauer's stack and announced he was all in for about 850,000. Bauer quickly folded.
Neither Nadal nor Foster were inclined to open their cards first, but after some prompting from a floor supervisor they simultaneously flipped the cards face up.
Nadal:
Foster:
Nadal gave a short fist pump when the was first off the deck, followed by and . Foster asked for spades and got the first needed spade on the turn, . That card gave him plenty of winning cards at the river, but the allowed Nadal to stick around. He is now up to 655,000 in chips while Foster has fallen to 550,000.
Gerardo Godinez raised from the cutoff seat and Marcelo Fonseca called from the button. Henrique Bernardes also called from the big blind and the flop came down . Bernardes checked and Godinez bet what looked to be about 40,000 from our vantage point. Fonseca made the call and Bernardes folded.
The turn brought the and both players checked. The river was also checked after the fell. Fonseca tabled the to win the pot with a pair of aces.
Bruno Foster could be forgiven if he's getting frustrated with Santiego Nadal. Nadal is to Foster's immediate right, yet somehow continues to collect chips from Foster. Foster opened a pot to 40,000 from under the gun, then was faced with Nadal's re-raise to 116,000 out of the big blind after everyone else passed. Foster paused for 30 seconds while he stole a few quick glances at Nadal. Then he calmly announced a call, leaving himself 425,000.
The flop came down . Nadal cut 127,000 off of his newly replenished stack and tossed it into the pot. Foster thought briefly but decided not to continue.
Rodrigo Portaleoni was active throughout the first three hours, moving in time and again. Yet somehow he could never find the double-up he needed to get out of Short-Stack Land. On his final hand, he open-shoved the button for 219,000 with . Joao Bauer called from the big blind with , and this time managed to hang onto his chips. He flopped a king straight away, . His two pair, kings and queens, eliminated Portaleoni in 18th place.
From the button, Amos Ben Haim raised to 39,000. Marcio Motta made the call from the big blind and the flop came down . Motta checked and Ben Haim fired a continuation bet worth 47,000. Motta made the call.
The turn brought the and both players checked to see the fall on the river. Motta checked and Ben Haim took a stab for 138,000. Motta called.
Ben Haim tabled the for just nine high. Motta slammed over his and jumped from his chair. He began yelling and cheering for himself while his chair was knocked over from him jumping up from the table. He won the pot with a broadway straight, but it wasn't without warning from the floor staff.
Ben Haim dropped back to 450,000 while Motta moved to 600,000.
Action folded to Walter Oaquim on the button and he made it 37,000 to go. Alex Manzano reraised from the big blind to put Oaquim all in. Oaquim had 275,000 behind and tanked for a couple minutes. He eventually folded and Manzano picked up the pot.
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flop. On the turn 
, Martins checked a second time before calling a bet of 30,000 from Bauer. Martins then opted to lead the 
river for 75,000. Bauer made a quick call but had to pay off the bet. He couldn't beat the 
that Martins turned over, a 7-high straight.
and 
. Foster asked for spades and got the first needed spade on the turn, 
. That card gave him plenty of winning cards at the river, but the 
allowed Nadal to stick around. He is now up to 655,000 in chips while Foster has fallen to 550,000.
. Bernardes checked and Godinez bet what looked to be about 40,000 from our vantage point. Fonseca made the call and Bernardes folded.
fell. Fonseca tabled the 
to win the pot with a pair of aces.
. Nadal cut 127,000 off of his newly replenished stack and tossed it into the pot. Foster thought briefly but decided not to continue.
, and this time managed to hang onto his chips. He flopped a king straight away, 
. His two pair, kings and queens, eliminated Portaleoni in 18th place.
. Motta checked and Ben Haim fired a continuation bet worth 47,000. Motta made the call.
and both players checked to see the 
for just nine high. Motta slammed over his