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With the board reading 
Thiago Nishijima in the small blind checked the action.
On the button, a player wearing a Brazil sweatshirt, probably Brazilian too, bet out 1,650.
Nishijima eventually called and saw the 
for ace high flush from the opponent.
Thiago Nishijima has about 14,000.
Allan Cunningham's seat has been filled by a new player, leading one to assume that he has been eliminated from today's event. There is no word on whether his exit can be blamed on tilt caused by sitting too close to Humberto Brenes, who is at the next table, but seems to be behaving himself.
J.J. Liu just doubled up twice in two consecutive hands. In the first hand she went all in under the gun and was called by a player in middle position.
Liu: 
Opponent: 
The flop of 
was no help to Liu, but she got some love on the turn 
and the river 
.
In the very next hand, the small blind raised to 850 and Liu pushed all in for 2,850. She was called only to find out she wasn't in as good a position as she was last time around.
Liu: 
Opponent: 
The flop came 
, giving no direct help, but some more outs to Liu. The 
on the turn didn't help, but river came down 
, sending Liu's chip count to 5,700.
Team PokerStars pro Humberto Brenes has been fairly quiet today, but was extremely polite when he won a pot against the player to his left. "Thank you my friend. You are my best friend at the table," a jolly Brenes exclaimed. The other players at his table seem to be getting a kick out of Brenes' comments.
Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly (2,000) was on the big blind, and saw the action arrive at him with 4 limps. Kelly decide to shove and got called by the player under the gun.
JP Kelly: 
Under The Gun: 
Board: 
Man down for Team PokerStars Pro.
We weren't sure if all the chips got in the middle preflop or postflop, but we are sure that Shannon Shorr has doubled up. With a flop reading 
we saw Shorr had spiked a set with his 
, besting his opponent's 
.
The turn came 
and the river was , sending Shorr up to about 23,500 in chips.
On a flop that read 
Scott Seiver turned to his new table-mate, Justin Young, and said, "Oh my god, I'm going to have like 50k by the end of this hand."
Seiver, who was on the button, was playing heads-up with a player who was acting under the gun. Seiver called his opponent's bet of 1,050.
The turn came down 
and the both players checked.
When the river delivered 
and the player under the gun checked with about 7,000 behind him. Seiver asked, "How much do you have?" before turning to Young and saying "Nitting it up." Seiver eventually got around to betting, making it 5,000 and his opponent made a crying call. Seiver showed 
and his opponent mucked.
Seiver is currently sitting on about 25,500 in chips.
Joe Bartholdi opened the pot with a raise to 400 in late position and got called by the blinds.
Flop: 
All the players checked.
Turn:
Joe bet 750 and Vitaly Lunkin made the call in the small blind.
River:
Vitaly check-call the 1,800 bet from Joe who tabled winning the pot.
Vitaly has now 10,500 and Joe is up to 15,000.
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