A two-hand sequence with the short stack, Fabio Leite here.
In the first hand, Leite was under the gun, and he used a blue T5,000 chip to pay his ante. He received 4,000 in change, and those chips remained out in front of his stack as the cards were dealt out, and the two players to Leite misread the chips as a big blind. They both folded out of turn, and Leite now shoved all in for 69,000. The floor was called, and the ruling was in favor of Leite to allow his shove to stand. The table folded, and he picked up the blinds and antes.
On the next hand, Leite was in the big blind, and he called a raise to 21,000 from Carlos Ibarra. That was as far as he would go, though, quickly check-folding the flop to slip back to 66,000.
Juan Gonzalez raised to 16,000 and Jonathan Markovits three-bet to 42,000. Gonzalez tanked for a couple minutes and then four-bet to 72,000. Markovits five-bet all in for right around 275,000 and Gonzalez snap-folded.
Josh Ewing and Caio Pimenta are two of the more accomplished players left in this field, and we just picked up action between them in a battle of the blinds.
It was Ewing in the small, and he started the action with a limp for the minimum 8,000. Pimenta decided a raise was in order, and he made it 22,000 to go. But Ewing came right back with a reraise to 66,000, but there was one more raise still to come. Pimenta announced it, then firmly slid out 129,000 total, drawing a long pause from Ewing.
The young American had about 305,000 chips left in front of him as he pondered, and he eventually decided a fold was the proper play. He flashed the and mucked, and Pimenta quietly dragged the pot to move back close to where he began the day.
Engelberth Varela has just been eliminated at the hands of Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu. Varela was all in preflop with against Negreanu's .
Negreanu had raised from the cutoff seat and Varela shoved approximately 140,000 from the big blind. Negreanu called, held and sent Varela to the rail.
Gasperino Nicolas limped into the pot under the gun with a short stack, and the action came around to Josh Ewing in the small blind. He made a raise to 24,000, and that folded Caio Pimenta out of his big blind. Nicolas quickly announced a reraise all in for 102,000 total, and Ewing quickly called with the best hand, the covering stack, and a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Nicolas:
Ewing:
The flop was a good sweat for both players, and Nicolas began imploring the dealer to find a club in the deck.
Turn:
Nicolas yelled out barbarically and slammed his fist down on the felt, rattling everyone's chips on the table. He still needed to fade a board pair on the river, and the was clean and safe.
That's a very loud double for Mr. Nicolas, and it moves him back up across the 200,000-chip mark.
On the turn, the board read in a hand between Mayu Roca and Carlos Ibarra. Roca fired 75,000 and Ibarra tank-called, taking a couple minutes of thought. The river completed the board with the and Roca bet 35,000. Ibarra called.
Roca tabled the for two pair, but Ibarra had rivered a better two pair with the and won the pot.
From early position, Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu raised to 14,000. Robinson Quiroga three-bet from the hijack seat and made it 39,000 to go. In the next seat, Daniel Nestola four-bet to 100,000. Everyone folded and Nestola won the pot.
Under the gun, Iaonnis Beris came in raising, and the table folded around to the small blind. There, Engelberth Varela made a three-bet to 55,000, and Beris shoved all in for 162,000 total. Varela made the call, and the race was on.
Showdown
Beris:
Varela:
Beris stood up to sweat his fate, and he has a little crowd of supporters in the room who pressed up against the stage and began to yell their support. The brief frenzy was quickly quieted as the flop drew a forlorn look from the at-risk player. "Ten on the flop," he said in his language, informing his rail of the bad news.
Beris was already tucking his chair under the table when the blank turned, but he found a card on the river. The peeled off the deck, and Beris and his fans broke back into frenzied celebration. The Venezuelan has found his Broadway double to climb back to average in chips, while Varela's stack drops back to about half of his former self.
When the table folded around to him in late position, Humberto Brenes open-shoved his last 34,000 into the middle. In the big blind, Martin Santos looked down at and made the call, and Brenes' needed to catch up to keep him around.
But it could not. The ace on the flop was bad news, and the was no use for Brenes. The shark has been hooked here early on Day 3, and Brenes is out as the 23rd-place finisher.
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flop to slip back to 66,000.
and mucked, and Pimenta quietly dragged the pot to move back close to where he began the day.
against Negreanu's 
.
flop was a good sweat for both players, and Nicolas began imploring the dealer to find a club in the deck.
was clean and safe.
and Roca bet 35,000. Ibarra called.
for two pair, but Ibarra had rivered a better two pair with the 
and won the pot.
flop drew a forlorn look from the at-risk player. "Ten on the flop," he said in his language, informing his rail of the bad news.
turned, but he found a card on the river. The 
needed to catch up to keep him around.
