Goodbye, Godoy
It's been quite a ride for 19-year-old Nicolas Godoy of Argentina. The $10 PokerStars qualifier traveled to the Bahamas with his aunt and uncle to play the 2013 PCA, emerged as the Day 2 chip leader, and established himself as a force in the tournament. Unfortunately for Godoy, his inspiring run has just come to an end.
It happened on a 
flop when Godoy checked and Michael Lipman bet 45,000. Godoy responded by check-raising to 115,000, and then called off for 250,000 or so when Lipman moved all in.
Lipman: 
Godoy: 
Lipman didn't have much, but it was out in front of Godoy's open-ended straight draw. "High cards, high cards," Lipman pleaded. The dealer obliged with the 
on the turn.
The 
river wasn't a high card, but it was still safe. "That's what I'm talking about," Lipman shouted as he did a victory lap around the area. On the other end of the table, a dejected Godoy gathered his things and made his way to the payout desk. Not a bad payday off a $10 investment.
Meanwhile, Mazin Khoury was eliminated at an outer table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,030,000 | 634,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
and Maxim Panyak fired out a bet of 25,000. Ronald James raised it up to 55,000 and Panyak called. The board completed with the 
and Panyak checked. James bet Panyak all in and Panyak called for his tournament life.
for air. Panyak tabled 
for a pair of aces and was able to survive the all in. Panyak doubled to about 360,000 in chips.
. The 
flop allowed him to do just that by pairing the ten, but the 
. It wasn't what Magnil was looking for and he made a quick exit from the tournament floor while Fair chipped up to 1.3 million.
, but had to fade Jerry Wong, who held 
for an up-and-down straight draw.
flop with about 70,000 in the pot. Elias had just bet 28,000 only to have Fair raise to 103,000. "All in," Elias said to put his opponent at risk.
, but it was no good as Fair held 
was put out on the river for good measure, Fair was pushed the massive pot.
of James. The former player was up out of his seat after the flop came down 
, and then watched the dealer burn and turn the 
.
, George Clyde-Smith fired 50,000 into the middle. Nicolas Godoy called and the two saw the 