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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 
.
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.
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,015,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
|
925,000
-164,000
|
-164,000 |
|
860,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
705,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
505,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
480,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
335,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
310,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
275,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
215,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
215,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
|
210,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
186,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
125,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
