Miguel Velasco was all in preflop for 401,000 with the . His tournament life was on the line as he was pitted against Rudy Blondeau who had him covered. Blondeau held the .
The board ran out and Velasco doubled up over 850,000. Blondeau was left with 470,000.
Dayan Vardanega opened with a raise from the cutoff, only to have Francisco Azocar move all in from the small blind. Vardanega made the call to put Azocar at risk.
Vardanega:
Azocar:
The flop kept Azocar in the lead, but the on the turn was the ideal card for Vardanega to see without taking the lead.
Any one of sixteen cards left in the deck would see Vardanega take the lead, and unfortunately for Azocar the would spike on the river to send him to the rail in 11th place for a $11,092 payday.
Over on the feature table with a flop spread, we found Mario Donoso all in against Matthias Habernig in a pot of close to one million.
Donoso:
Habernig:
With Habernig having out-flopped Donoso, the turn and river landed the and to see Donoso eliminated in 12th place, while Habernig soared up to 1,825,000 in chips.
Guilherme Garcia moved all in for 259,000 from the button and Andre Luiz Scaff called from the small blind after thinking for a few minutes. The big blind folded.
Garcia:
Scaff:
The flop put Garcia in the lead with the coming down. He made a boat and left Scaff drawing to a nine. The turn was the and the river the , which wasn't what Scaff needed. He sent the chips over and dropped to 620,000. Garcia has about 560,000 now.
Over on the feature table, with the board reading , Matthias Habernig checked over to Pedro Velasco Adnet who moved all in for 309,000 into a pot of roughly one-third the size.
Taking his time, Habernig made the call and tabled his to be behind Adnet's .
With Adnet's roller coaster ride about to either end or kick on for lap two, the turn and river landed the and to see the Brazilian double through to just on 800,000 as Habernig slipped to 1,140,000 in chips.
Alexandre Richard Martins opened to 60,000 from middle position only to have Rudy Blondeau three-bet from the small blind to 165,000.
Martins took his time before folding as Blondeau collected the pot to move to 720,000 after just moving to his new table and thus, happily welcoming the added chips.
Pedro Velasco Adnet was all in for his last 40,000 or so with the . He was up against the for his opponent. After the board ran out , Adnet doubled up.
On the very next hand, Adnet was all in once again. This time both Dayan Vardanega and Matthias Habernig made the call. The two remaining active players then checked the action down as the board ran out .
Adnet showed the to win the hand and triple up. He's now up to about 400,000 in chips.
With the action folding to Engelberth Steve Varela Moreno on the button, he moved all in for his last 123,000 only to have Miguel Velasco move all in also from the small blind to push out their opponent in the big.
Moreno:
Velasco:
The flop of put Velasco squarely in the lead to leave Moreno drawing to just running cards for victory.
He managed to find one on the turn with the , but when the river landed the , Moreno made his way to the rail in 13th place for a $9,243 payday.