Mauricio Ferreira Pais Eliminated in 16th Place ($68,000)

Mauricio Ferreira Pais once more raised for most of his short stack and made it 300,000 to go in the cutoff with 70,000 behind, a mere two big blinds and change. Michel Dattani waved from the small blind to see his chips behind and then flat-called.

The flop came and Dattani checked, Ferreira Pais checked it back. After the turn, Dattani let his shot clock run down to two seconds before he bet 70,000. Ferreira Pais immediately sighed visibly, then grinned, smiled, and tossed in a time bank extension as he went through the motions.

Another three time banks would be used thereafter by the German and he even engaged in table chat, insinuating to have wished he had moved all-in preflop. Ultimately, the sigh-call followed and when the cards were turned over, Ferreira Pais already moved up from his chair and removed the microphone as he was drawing dead.

Mauricio Ferreira Pais:
Michel Dattani:

The river became a formality as Ferreira Pais bowed out on a pay jump in 16th place for $68,000.

After the hand, Taylor Paur started a discussion as the 16 finalists were reminded by the tournament staff prior to the start that raising and leaving a single chip behind on pay jumps to potentially stall for time would be penalised.

"He could have folded actually," Dattani chimed in as he was about to be finished stacking the chips.