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Roman Suarez - 8th Place
First in from the button, Roman Suarez stuck in a raise to 140,000. When Norbert Ludger folded his small blind, Nacho Barbero announced an all-in reraise, putting the decision right back on Suarez. He had only 600,000 total to begin the hand, and he made the call for the remainder, putting himself all in and at risk.
Showdown
Suarez:
Barbero:
Despite being dominated, Suarez had a pretty decent chance of at least chopping the pot and staying alive. The flop, however, was a disastrous , pairing Barbero's kicker and leaving the endangered player drawing dead to two running cards.
If the flop was bad, the on the turn was devastating. Barbero improved to the unbeatable trip sevens, and a meaningless filled out the board as Suarez was already shaking hands with the remaining players.
On the first hand of the new level, Roman Suarez becomes our eighth-place finisher. He'll pocket more than $20,000 for his work this week.
Now for the good news: Barbero is up to 1.4 million and battling for the chip lead.
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For the second hand in a row, Bernardo Dias moved all in preflop, this time for 495,000. When the table folded to the small blind, Nicolas Cardyn made the call with his last 280,000 chips, putting himself at risk in the process. The big blind folded quickly, and the cards were on their backs:
Dias:
Cardyn:
Cardyn had to fade a flush draw by the time the river rolled around, but the board of was ultimately safe and clean. With his kicker playing, Cardyn has found his double up to stay alive.
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During the break, we were counting down Norbert Ludger's sprawling chip stack. We noticed that he has a small blue piece of paper folded in half under his blue chips. A bit of writing was just visible through the fold, but we couldn't make out what was inside. We love guessing games though, so here are some possibilities:
- Cliff's Notes on "Poker for Dummies"
- Map of the remarkably confusing Mantra property
- Grocery list
- Spanish-to-English translation of "all in"
- Horoscope for Sagittarius
- Handwritten Team PokerStars Uruguay contract
- Nacho Barbero's autograph
- His lucky piece of chewing gum
- Buy-one-get-one-free coupon for Mr. Chivito's down the street
- Today's lottery numbers
We're not exactly sure what it is, but we know what it's not. It can't be a list of the players he's eliminated in this tournament; the paper is too small for that.
Mickey DoftBernardo Dias - 7th Place
The all in spree is over. Bernardo Dias went all in for 700,000 on the button and was looked up by Andres Korn in the small blind.
Dias:
Korn:
The flop provided a little help for Dias, but the turn and river clinched the hand for Korn, now with around 1,700,000 in chips.
Bernardo Dias takes $31,270 for his seventh-place finish.
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The table folded to the small blind, and Marco Caicedo moved all in for 475,000. Next door, Norbert Ludger asked for the count, tanked for a minute or two, and made the call to put Caicedo at risk.
Showdown
Caicedo:
Ludger:
The board of was red enough for Caicedo's tastes, but not suited enough to double him up. He'll have to settle for half the pot as he and Ludger chop up the antes before moving on to the next hand.
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Norbert Ludger limped into the pot under the gun, and Nacho Barbero, Daniela Zapiello, and Marco Caicedo all came along for the first four-way pot of the day.
The flop came out , and the blinds checked. Ludger fired out 200,000 chips, and everyone's cards quickly hit the muck in turn. As the chips were pushed to him, Ludger flashed the .
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, pairing Barbero's kicker and leaving the endangered player drawing dead to two running cards.
on the turn was devastating. Barbero improved to the unbeatable trip sevens, and a meaningless 
filled out the board as Suarez was already shaking hands with the remaining players.
and Dias' aces up took it down, doubling to about 690,000 in the process.
turn and 
river clinched the hand for Korn, now with around 1,700,000 in chips.
