Players are flying out of the tournament faster than we can keep up with the eliminations. On Table 3, a short stack couldn't make work against . On Table 2, two players called a short stack's pre-flop all in, including Bruno Foster. Foster and the other live player checked a jack-high flop, . When the turn paired , Foster made a small bet of 25,000. That was enough to fold the other live player. Foster's , jacks and fives, was better than the short stack's . The river was a third five, , and that was that.
Alex Manzano raised from under the gun to 13,000 and Jorge Pereira called from the hijack. Alexis Zervos reraised all in from the big blind and won the pot. He then showed the .
Alexis Zervos raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Alex Manzano called from the next seat. They were the only two players who saw the flop and it came down . Zervos bet 15,000 and Manzano called.
The turn paired the board with the and Zervos checked. Manzano bet 23,000 and Zervos moved all in for 93,000. Manzano folded and Zervos showed the .
Jorge Pereira is quietly having himself a solid Day 2. It helps when short stacks shove medium pairs into your big pairs, as a player did a few moments ago with pocket 9s into Pereira's pocket queens. There wasn't much of a sweat for Pereira as the board bricked out.
João Bauer (who, we must admit, we affectionately have started calling "Jack Bauer") doesn't just dodge bullets; he destroys them. Bauer got his whole 475,000-chip stack into the middle with pocket kings and ran smack dab into the pocket aces of Marcelo Andrade. But he's Joao Bauer; no mere bullets can stop Joao Bauer. Sure enough, Bauer matched his two kings with a third on the flop, . The turn and river blanked out harmlessly, and . Andrade had managed to accumulate 397,000 chips until his brutal and sudden demise. When those chips were added to Bauer's stack, he took over the chip lead with about 875,000.
"You are lucky and good," said Amos Ben Haim in amazement.
From under the gun, Antonio Fernandes moved all in for 72,000. Daniela Zapiello made the call from the cutoff seat holding the . The all-in-and-at-risk Fernandes held a dominated .
The board ran out and Zapiello won the hand. She eliminated Fernandes and moved to 235,000 in chips.
The last Team PokerStars Pro remaining in the field is none other than Humberto Brenes. Action folded to Brenes in the cutoff during a hand not too long after recommencement from dinner break. He raised to 17,000. The button moved all in for just about 100,000. Everyone folded and Brenes made the call.
Brenes:
Button:
The flop came down to give Brenes the lead with a set of nines. He still needed to dodge an eight or a jack that would give his opponent the best hand.
The turn brought the and the river the . Brenes finished with a full house -- nines over threes -- after coming from behind and sent his opponent to the rail. Brenes now has 310,000 in chips.
On the outer tables there have been two quick eliminations to start the post-dinner period. First Amos Ben Haim knocked out a short stack when pocket queens held against pocket jacks. Winning that pot pushed Ben Haim to 500,000 in chips.
A few moments later, Sergio Nadal opened a pot to 14,000 and was called by the cutoff player before Andre "Filha do Rei" Scaff moved all in for 114,000 from the big blind. Nadal took a few moments before deciding to call. The third player folded, leaving Scaff to draw with pocket 4s against Nadal's pocket 10s. Again the bigger pair held, allowing Nadal to climb to 560,000 and sending Scaff to the payout cage.
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. On Table 2, two players called a short stack's pre-flop all in, including Bruno Foster. Foster and the other live player checked a jack-high flop, 
. When the turn paired 
, Foster made a small bet of 25,000. That was enough to fold the other live player. Foster's 
, jacks and fives, was better than the short stack's 
. The river was a third five, 
, and that was that.
. Zervos bet 15,000 and Manzano called.
and Zervos checked. Manzano bet 23,000 and Zervos moved all in for 93,000. Manzano folded and Zervos showed the 
and 
. Andrade had managed to accumulate 397,000 chips until his brutal and sudden demise. When those chips were added to Bauer's stack, he took over the chip lead with about 875,000.
. The all-in-and-at-risk Fernandes held a dominated 
and Zapiello won the hand. She eliminated Fernandes and moved to 235,000 in chips.
and the river the 
. Brenes finished with a full house -- nines over threes -- after coming from behind and sent his opponent to the rail. Brenes now has 310,000 in chips.