Brandon-wards & Upwards
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As the last level of the night gets properly underway, Brandon Cantu remains our chip leader. After winning a WSOP bracelet in 2006 and another in 2009, and picking up a WPT title in 2008 as well, he has now decided to take a shot at the EPT circuit in the hopes of joining Roland de Wolfe and Gavin Griffin in the super-exclusive club of Triple Crown Winners. He told Gloria earlier, "I'm actually calling my shot here. I'm guaranteeing a final table."
Coming from the mouth of another player this might have sounded like a hubristic challenge to the poker gods - but coming from the softly spoken American pro, it somehow seemed just, well, believable. And indeed, as he sits now behind a vast pyramidal fortress constructed of chips - it's hard to tell but we reckon it's around 500,000 - receiving a massage and looking incredibly relaxed and in his element, we would not be in the least bit surprised if Cantu ends up achieving his ambition here in Portugal this week.