Bubble Preparations
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Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The clock shows 58 players left, and we'll break another table once we drop two more of those. When we do, the remaining players will be just one table away from the payouts that arrive beginning with the 48th man left standing.
With the bottom cash being worth R$6,320, there's a big difference between 49th and 48th places, and one unlucky soul will go home with nothing but the proverbial wooden spoon to show for two days' work.
board in time to see Negreanu with 27,000 chips out in front of him, and a pot of just more than that in the middle of the table. Fox spent a few minutes in the tank, then called off about a third of his remaining chips to see what was what.
, and that was enough to get the job done. Fox mucked, dropping down to about 52,000. That's a big decrease from where he was before, though it's not all Negreanu's fault. Looking across the table, we see Caio Pimenta is up close to 300,000 himself, and we'd suspect that he may be the other half of the reason for Fox's recent slide.
with his 
and in good shape to knock the shorter-stacked player out of the tournament. Still, the five community cards had a chance to save Miyashiro.
and Miyashiro picked up an open-ended straight draw. He also had a backdoor flush draw, but the 
on the turn left he needing just an ace or a nine on the river.
and gave both players a pair of tens. Twice in this tournament we've seen Negreanu have a second-best kicker, but not this time. His ace was the better was the two kickers and Negreanu sent Miyashiro to the rail.
off-suit, and the race was on.
flop. The turn was a blank, and Ramos was down to his last card needing one of the two-out tens.
turn, and the 
completed the board. Pisapia was beginning to get a little thin on chips, and he decided a check was in order. Negreanu was acting instantly on every street — he's in the zone, you know — and he quickly stacked up a bet of 22,200.
. "Good hand," Pisapia acknowledged, flashing his inferior 
.
flop, and Mr. Opponent quickly checked again when the 
hit fourth street. Ramos took the cue to bet 4,200, but Mr. Opponent instantly raised to 15,000 in the form of three blue chips slung out into the middle of the table. Ramos clicked his tongue and shook his head in response, but he didn't waste much time matching the bet to see the river.
, and the gentleman led out for 35,000. It was just about all Ramos had left, but he could not call. The fold came quickly, and Mr. Opponent did the table the favor of flashing his 