Out of nowhere, Alex Manzano and Leandro Csome had all of the money in preflop with Manzano holding the 
to dominate the 
for Csome.
The board ran out 
and the Chilean doubled through the Argentinian. Manzano was all in for around 550,000 or so and is now up to 1.15 million in chips. Csome was left with just a couple hundred thousand chips.
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Joao "joao bauer" Neto is the clear chip leader now and continues to pull away from the other four remaining players. In the big blind he played a pot with Leandro Csome. Bauer bet a flop of 
, then called Csome's raise. Both players checked after a third king fell ont he turn, 
. Bauer also checked the 
river. Csome thought for about a minute, then pushed out bet of 315,000. Neto announced raise. Before he could push out an amount Csome mucked, prompting a pumped Bauer to open 
.
At this stage of the tournament, having even one hand not hold up its equity edge can be devastating to a player's championship hopes. Marcelo Fonseca open-shoved for about 1 million from the cutoff spot and was called by small blind Alex Manzano. Manzano's 
was in the lead against Fonseca's 
. A swarm of Brazilians materialized on the rail from other side events to cheer on Fonseca. First they called for a jack, but by the turn 
they changed their tune and pleaded for an eight. The river delivered the 
. The crowd cheered and a jubliant Fonseca clasped hands with countryman Joao Bauer as Manzano paid off the double-up.
The players are back in their seats and action has resumed.
Immediately following the elimination of Santiago Nadal in sixth place, the remaining five players took a short, five-minute break. There's still about 50 minutes left in the current level. Here are the stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,430,000
4,330,000
|
4,330,000 |
|
|
2,150,000
-950,000
|
-950,000 |
|
2,150,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
900,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
It almost seems unfair when one of the chip leaders gets a really big hand in late position. Leandro Csome opened his button to 170,000. Santiago Nadal, in the big blind, squeezed out 
and quickly moved all in. Csome snap-called with , putting Nadal at risk of elimination. A board of 
finished Nadal's tournament and helped to increase Csome's chip stack back up to 2.15 million.
Nadal leaves in 6th place with R$93,270. The average stack is up to 2.1 million, still not terribly deep.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Henrique Bernardes had the shortest stack coming into the final table. He was able to stick around a while but never seemed to get any cards. With his stack desperately short and the blinds approaching, Bernardes moved all in with . Small blind Alex Manzano called him with . Could Bernardes pull the same escape act that Joao Bauer pulled earlier against Leandro Csome?
It didn't look good after the 
flop paired Manzano's king, but things are rarely that easy in hold'em. On cue, the 
appeared on the turn to give Bernardes an up-and-down straight draw. It didn't fill; the 
on the river ended Bernardes' tournament. He moved around the table and shook each player's hand before departing in 7th place.
From the button, Leandro Csome raised all in, putting the pressure on the two short stacks in the blinds, Henrique Bernardes and Santiago Nadal. Bernardes folded in the small blind, but Nadal made the call in the big blind. Nadal held the 
and was dominating the for Csome.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
to give Nadal the double through. He was all in for 330,000 after having lost a lot of small pots and being blinded down. He's back to 760,000 now though.
Action folded to Joao Bauer on the button. He raised to 155,000. Alex Manzano wasted little time in moving all in from the small blind and won the pot.
