PokerStars qualifier Neuri Jose Campos was all in with 
against the two queens for Alex Manzano. An ace came in the window, which sent Campos celebrating behind the table, but a queen followed quickly after and from there Manzano's set held up. Campos hit the rail while Manzano collected a nice pot to push himself at right around seven figures.
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Leandro Csome has been running neck and neck with Joao Bauer for a few hours but it looks like Bauer is starting to pull away. Bauer is up to 1,170,000 after eliminating a short stack in a hand that played more rapidly than one would expect. Sitting in the big blind, Bauer called his opponent's pre-flop raise to 24,000, then checked a 
flop. His opponent bet 25,000, prompting Bauer to quickly announce, "All in."
"OK," said his opponent, without much thought. He opened 
for a pair of jacks; Bauer showed 
for kings and fives. The turn and river were both 7s, 
and 
, but that didn't stop the pot from being pushed to Bauer with kings and sevens.
It was a rare bit of table talk that your humble reporter could understand. Bruno Foster opened with a pre-flop raise from the button that small blind Santiego Nadal three-bet. Foster responded with more aggression and put in another raise.
"You have ace-king," said Nadal.
"Is that your read?" replied Foster. "Maybe, maybe not."
"You have ace-king, I know you do."
"You have jacks?" replied Foster. "Or worse."
Nadal finally folded what he said were tens. Foster showed ace-king.
The remaining 27 players are on a 15-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,084,000
-86,000
|
-86,000 |
|
|
850,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
|
770,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
740,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
||
|
610,000 | |
|
570,000 | |
|
502,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
360,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
320,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
310,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
285,000
-335,000
|
-335,000 |
|
|
270,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
225,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
215,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
185,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
110,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
We've had two all-in bets called on two different tables in the first five minutes of Level 19. In the first, the short-stack survived to double up from 51,000 to 110,000 with kings against queens.
Immediately thereafter, Jorge Pereira opened to 35,000 pre-flop. Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Humberto Brenes in the small blind, who moved all in, a raise of about 250,000 back to Pereira. Pereira called with 
and was racing Brenes' 
. It was the 
in the window, prompting Brenes to raise his arms in the air and shout "HUMBERTO!" The rest of the flop was 
, giving Pereira a straight draw. He picked up a flush draw as well with the 
turn.
"No no no," said Brenes to the dealer. The river 
didn't didn't didn't help Pereira. His whole stack now belongs to Brenes, who's up to about 600,000.
Joao Torres was all in preflop for just about 500,000 holding the . He was crushing the 
for Alex Manzano, but that all changed just moments after the money went in.
The flop rolled out 
and Manzano picked up a set of fours to take the lead. The turn brought the 
and the river the . Torres did not hold a spade to make a flush and Manzano's come-from-behind set finished him off.
Manzano is up to about 1.325 million in chips now.
The severely short-stacked Angelo Mancini looked down at two face cards, , and moved all in for 51,000. Action passed two spots to Amos Ben Haim, who had been dealt pocket queens, 
. He re-raised to clear everyone else out. A queen-high flop, 
, left Mancini drawing at runners that didn't come. He has been eliminated in 25th place and play has paused for the night.
We'll have a full wrap of the day's events in a few moments.
