On Table 1, Rodrigo Portaleoni shoved his big blind for 95,000 after Gerardo Godinez opened the button to 22,000. Godinez, clad all in black for Day 3, snap-called with . He was up against Portaleoni's . Portaleoni gave a short fist pump after a board of gave him the winning hand.
Alex Manzano picked up right where he left off last night. On one of the first hands at his table, Manzano was sitting with the button for a hand on which Eduardo Costa open-shoved for 104,000. Manzano called with , a hand behind Costa's . Neither player betrayed much emotion at a flop of . Costa was down to the river after the turn, but he binked one of his ten outs with the to improve to a set of jacks. He now has 231,000.
Welcome back for Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour São Paulo Main Event. When the chip bags came out last night, Alex Manzano of Chile used a late surge of flopped sets to overtake João Bauer and Leandro Csome for the chip lead. Each player will start today as the chip leader of his respective table, with an eye on making the final table that will play out tomorrow.
Today promises to be a shorter day than yesterday or Thursday. We anticipate that it will take six to eight hours of play to trim two full tables out of the remaining field. No matter how long it takes, PokerNews will provide live updates throughout the day. Keep your browser pointed right here -- cards will be in the air in 30 minutes.