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Registration was closed around 2:00 PM, and we're still waiting for a tally from the tournament staff. The number on the board has been stuck at 363 for quite a while now, though, so we'll call that our unofficial field size for the time being.
We'll give you the official number and the prize pool as soon as it's made available to us.
Four players limped into the last pot, the small blind completed, and the big blind knocked the table for a free, six-way flop.
It came out 
, and the table checked all the way around to Fox, who was on the button. He bet 800 into the pot of 1,200, and now only one opponent called to proceed. The turn came the 
, and Fox put out another 1,700. His opponent check-raised to 4,000, though, and Fox didn't waste too much time matching the bet.
The blank 
was the last card off the deck, and the check-raiser checked once again. Fox took pause to study the scenario, then made a 4,000-chip bet of his own. His opponent folded without incident, and the WSOPE Main Event champion has rebounded back up above starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
||
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Here's a smattering of chip counts from around the room:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
||
|
|
61,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
33,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
32,000 | |
|
||
|
28,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
27,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
||
|
|
24,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
22,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
||
|
21,600
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
21,400
-600
|
-600 |
|
|
||
|
19,900
400
|
400 |
|
|
||
|
18,400
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
|
|
||
|
16,200
-2,800
|
-2,800 |
|
||
|
15,900
3,900
|
3,900 |
|
|
||
|
10,700 | |
|
|
8,600
-11,400
|
-11,400 |
|
7,300
-3,900
|
-3,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,100
-13,900
|
-13,900 |
|
4,100
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
|
||
After one player checked the 
flop, Team PokerStars Pro Fatima Moreira de Melo fired 800. Her opponent fired back with a check-raise to 2,125 and then de Melo asked to see the player's stack. She then reraised all in and her opponent snap-called.
De Melo showed the 
., but was no good against her opponent's 
.
The turn was the 
and river the 
. De Melo sent over the chips, paying off her opponent's all-in bet worth 7,750 and was knocked back to 6,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,300
-9,600
|
-9,600 |
|
|
||
After a player in middle position opened with a raise to 400 and the small blind called, Leandro Csome reraised to 1,700 from the big blind. The original raiser and the small blind both called to see the 
flop. The small blind checked and Csome fired 1,600. The middle-position player called and the small blind folded.
The turn was the 
and paired the board. Both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Csome bet 2,000 and his opponent made the call.
Csome tabled the 
and his opponent slid his hand into the muck.
Last season, Csome took fifth in the LAPT São Paulo Main Event for R$117,190. We'll see if he can find another final table this year after getting off to a nice start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
While the chip stack of Humberto Brenes has been more-or-less constant today, his seating situation has been unenviable, to say the least.
Brenes began the day with position on his son Roberto, and both of the Breneses had to deal with Angel Guillen at their table. Roberto was moved early on, and now dad and Guillen have had their table broken. We missed where Guillen disappeared to because we were following Brenes across the room with our eyes. He stopped over here at a table near us, and he's just sat down on the direct left of another Team PokerStars Pro, Argentina's Leo Fernandez.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu had an opponent all in on the 
board with the 
. His at-risk opponent held the 
and was looking for a king or an eight on the river to win the hand and stay alive.
The river was the 
and that meant Negreanu's sevens-full-of-eights full house was the winner. He knocked his opponent to the rail and moved to nearly 50,000 in chips.
"I did the sevens trick again," Negreanu commented after the hand with a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,400
16,400
|
16,400 |
|
|
||
As you can see from our last chip update, it's been a good level for Leo Fernandez. Just a moment ago, our colleague stopped by to ask Fernandez how the growth spurt had happened.
Fernandez was the preflop raiser in what turned out to be a big pot, and he and the lady at the table called a three-bet from another gentleman. The flop came 
, and it proved to be quite the cooler. Fernandez had pocket queens. The lady? Pocket jacks.
Set over set earned Fernandez the knockout and a big chip increase, and he's the big stack on our board right now.
We've got a pair of Netherlanders with us here in Brazil this week, though they're both finding the going a little tough on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,100 | |
|
|
4,475
-1,825
|
-1,825 |
|
|
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