On the flop of , Rodolfo Awad called an all-in shove from Jorge Martin Fiori. Awad held a flush draw with the and Fiori the for a pair of eights.
The turn broguht the and then the river completed the board with the . It also completed the flush draw for Awad and gave him the pot. Fiori was all in on the flop for about 125,000 and it was all sent over to Awad, who now has just over 350,000 in chips.
With some commotion on the feature table, we quickly rushed over to find Gilberto Pizzamiglio all in against Rudy Blondeau.
Pizzamiglio:
Blondeau:
With Pizzamiglio in great shape to double, the flop changed little until the landed on the turn to see Blondeau capture the lead.
The river landed the meaningless , and Pizzamiglio was forced to make his way to the rail as Blondeau continues to add to his healthy chip stack; now returning above the 500,000-chip mark.
On the flop of , Francisco Azocar fired out a bet of 27,000. Paulo Rink was his opponent in the hand and fired an all-in raise worth 154,000 after a minute in the tank. Azocar quickly made the call.
Azocar held the . That was not what Rink wanted to see as he tried to bluff with the .
The turn brought the which gave Azocar trips, but it improved Rink to a flush draw, giving him some more outs in the hand. The river was the though and not what he needed. With a pound of the table the former Brazilian and German footballer was eliminated from play. Azocar saw his stack improve to about 350,000 in chips, having Rink just barely covered when the money went in.
Up on the feature table, the action folded to short-stack Richard Gui on the button and he moved all in from with David Bortnik making the call from the big blind.
Gui:
Bortnik:
The board ran out to see Gui exit stage left as Bortnik climbed to 385,000 in chips.
Claudio Baptista just doubled up after moving all in for 29,000 form the hijack seat. Rodolfo Awad called the small bit more from the big blind with the . Baptista held the .