Under the gun, Samir Nadim Nasser squeezed out and moved his last 148,000 chips across the imaginary betting line and into the pot. A few seats over, Gasperino Nicolas found a hand to call with, and the rest of the table folded to let Nasser go heads-up for his tournament life. Nicolas tabled his overcards, , and the race was on.
The flop drew another one of those shrill celebrations from Nicolas as he'd taken a big lead with two to come. The turn gave a good sweat as Nasser added an open-ender to his outs. The river was the blank , though, and that's the end of Nasser's day. He's out in 14th place, leaving with a pay bump up to R$15,810.
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 40,000. Samir Nadim Nasser reraised all in from the small blind for 84,000 and Negreanu called.
From under the gun plus one, Caio Pimenta raised all in for 170,000. Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu in the big blind and he thought about things for a little bit. Eventually, Negreanu folded and showed the .
On the next hand, Pimenta was all in for 218,000 from under the gun. Action folded to Samir Nadim Nasser in the big blind and he folded, showing the . Pimenta showed the .
In early position, Paulo Grendene looked down at and shoved his last 242,000 into the middle. Around on the button, Daniel Nestola found something better to call with, and when the blinds folded, he revealed his .
The board ran out , and that's the end of the line for Grendene. He's out in 15th place, good for R$12,120.
Caio Pimenta was down under 40,000 in chips but it back to about 250,000 now. He had one shove go uncalled, then doubled up and now just doubled again.
Pimenta was all in preflop for 111,000 with the and called by Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu out of the big blind with the . The board ran out and Pimenta earned the double.
Caio Pimenta was down to just a few big blinds and moved all in from the hijack seat for 38,000. Action folded to Ioannis Beris in the big blind and he said something that sounded as though he said "call" but he never put any chips in. Pimenta heard this and tabled the . Beris pleaded with the dealer that he didn't say anything and the dealer gave Beris the option of what to do. Beris elected to fold and Pimenta's short shove went uncalled.
After the hand, the tournament director came over to warn the players about waiting for the dealer to instruct them to expose their hands. The reason no penalty was given was because both Pimenta and a couple others at the table said they thought they heard Beris announce a call.
Caio Pimenta was on the button, and he opened the pot with a raise. Gasperino Nicolas defended his big blind, and it was heads-up to the flop.
It came , and Pimenta continued out with another 26,000. Nicolas check-called, and he check-called another 44,000 when the paired the board on the turn. The river was the scary , and Nicolas got his last ~250,000 chips into the middle.
Pimenta would need a long five or six minutes to deliberate, but he eventually announced the call to put his opponent to the test.
Nicolas tabled his , then shot out of his chair and braced for the news he was about to receive. Pimenta mucked, and Nicolas let out a huge roar of celebration. His trips were good enough to secure his double, and he's worked his way back above the chip average.
When he paid off his debt, Pimenta was left with just 40,000 lonely chips and a frown that's going to be hard to erase.
Jonathan Markovits raised from middle position to 37,000 and Carlos Ibarra three-bet to 100,000 from the cutoff seat. Mayu Roca four-bet all in for 213,000 and action folded back to Ibarra. He made the call.
Ibarra:
Roca:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Roca doubled up.
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and moved his last 148,000 chips across the imaginary betting line and into the pot. A few seats over, Gasperino Nicolas found a hand to call with, and the rest of the table folded to let Nasser go heads-up for his tournament life. Nicolas tabled his overcards, 
, and the race was on.
flop drew another one of those shrill celebrations from Nicolas as he'd taken a big lead with two to come. The turn 
gave a good sweat as Nasser added an open-ender to his outs. The river was the blank 
, though, and that's the end of Nasser's day. He's out in 14th place, leaving with a pay bump up to R$15,810.
and Nasser doubled up.
. Pimenta showed the 
and shoved his last 242,000 into the middle. Around on the button, Daniel Nestola found something better to call with, and when the blinds folded, he revealed his 
, and that's the end of the line for Grendene. He's out in 15th place, good for R$12,120.
and called by 
. The board ran out 
. Beris pleaded with the dealer that he didn't say anything and the dealer gave Beris the option of what to do. Beris elected to fold and Pimenta's short shove went uncalled.
paired the board on the turn. The river was the scary 
, then shot out of his chair and braced for the news he was about to receive. Pimenta mucked, and Nicolas let out a huge roar of celebration. His trips were good enough to secure his double, and he's worked his way back above the chip average.