Action folded around to Jorge Pereira on the button and he raised bigger than most, making it 12,400 to go. The small blind looked at him and then folded. The big blind also tossed his cards in. Pereira looked at the two blinds as if to say, "Why don't you want to play with me?" He then showed the 
.
Pereira's up to about 165,000 in chips.
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Alex Brenes started his Day 2 by winning a flip. He ended it by losing a flip. Brenes moved all in for 13,900 with 
and was called by the big blind. That player showed 
and turned a pair on a board of 
. Brenes shook a few hands and then quickly made his way out of the tournament area.
John Castaño's situation is desperate after losing most of his stack with 
. He opened pre-flop for 6,500, then called the 47,000-chip all-in shove of a player behind him. That player had pocket jaks, 
, and immediately flopped a full house, 
. Castaño was left to draw at running 8s. He caught the first one, , on the turn, but the river fell 
. After paying off his opponent Castaño is down to 5,000 in chips.
Rodrigo Vieira three-bet to 16,700 from the cutoff seat after a player in middle position made it 6,000 to go. Action then folded over to the big blind and he four-bet to an even 50,000. Both the original raiser and Vieira folded.
Vieira dropped back to 165,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
|
271,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
220,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
192,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
175,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
151,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
150,000
43,100
|
43,100 |
|
|
149,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
90,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
|
64,600
20,200
|
20,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
|
|
||
Team PokerStars Pro Maria Mayrinck is still fighting. She's up to about 90,000 in chips after eliminating a short stack. The chips were all in pre-flop. Mayrinck was slightly behind with 
against her opponent's 
, but a river king sealed the deal, 
. Mayrinck is still below par, but she now has about 90,000 in her stack, giving her a little maneuvering room.
Brazilian television presenter Otavio Mesquita fired a bet of 11,900 on the flop of 
. His lone opponent made the call in position to see the pair the board on the turn. Mesquita stayed aggressive with a bet of 25,000. His opponent shook his head and then tossed his hand into the muck. Mesquita showed the 
for top pair, a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw.
Mesquita is up to 165,000 in chips.
The cutoff seat raised to 6,000 before Santiego Nadal reraised from the button to 14,300. Action folded through the blinds and back to the cutoff, who made the call before the dealer put the 
flop in the middle of the felt. The cutoff seat bet 16,000 and Nadal called.
The turn card was the to pair the board. The cutoff fired into Nadal again, this time for 24,000. Nadal didn't go anywhere and made the call to see the river.
The 
completed the board on the river and Nadal was faced with a bet of 25,000 from his opponent. Earlier, Nadal laid down a broadway straight correctly against Andre Scaff. This time, he open-folded the to lay down another broadway straight, but was wrong when his opponent tabled the 
for a stone bluff, playing the board. Nadal shook his head as his watched the pot pushed the way of his celebrating opponent. He's down to 252,000 now.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
Up and down, up and down. That's been David Etter's story in Sao Paulo. He's ticking up again after doubling through an American player. Joao Bauer opened the pot pre-flop to 5,300 before the American moved all in for about 50,000. Etter had roughly the same amount and shoved behind, forcing Bauer out of the pot. Etter's 
were racing against the American's . Etter wa happy not to see an ace or a king flop, , but still had to fade a lot of cards. The turn and river were both small diamonds, 
and . The American was crippled to 3,330 while Etter now has about 100,000.
"I'm still a favorite to win this," the American said, tongue planted firmly in check. Then he added, "Why couldn't it just come a 10 straight away? Why did it have to be two spades?"
