We expected play to slow down with only ten players remaining and nobody dangerously short, but Bruno Foster and Marcelo Fonseca had other ideas. After Henrique Bernardes opened with a standard raise and Fonseca called from the button, Foster moved all in from the small blind for about 440,000. That was enough to fold Bernardes, but Fonseca went for the kill and called with . He was racing Foster's . There was a queen right on the flop of a board to secure a double-up for Foster.
The tournament is on a brief pause for a re-draw after the sudden elimination of Amos Ben Haim. Ben Haim, who couldn't get anything to go his way today, open-shoved the button for 482,000. Marcio Motta was waiting in the small blind with , bad news indeed for Ben Haim's . By the turn Ben Haim had only chop outs, . The river sent him crashing to the rail in 10th place.
Don't worry, we haven't missed any of the action. Even though our access to the feature table stage area is very limited, nothing has happened so far to even warrant the scratching of a pen on paper. Well, there was the time when Marcio Motta tanked under the gun preflop for three minutes before finally folding his hand. That drew a big laugh from the rest of the table. And yes, he did know it was on him. If something does come along, you can bet we'll be all over it.
After about an hour of "check, check, check" there was finally some excitement. Of course it was Joao "Jack" Bauer who provided it. Bauer, sitting in the small blind, found action passed to him. In the blink of an eye, his roughly 650,000 chips were in the middle and called by big blind Alex Manzano. Bauer showed against Manzano's . Manzano has been running great for three days. Surely this hand would end Day 3, right?
Flop: . Yep, still running good.
Turn: . Not a problem. Just one more card to get past.
River:
Bauer let loose a primal, guttural scream at the sight of the river card. He then walked around the table to hug his friend, Bruno Foster. With that river, Bauer is up to 1.3 million and we're still looking for final table bubble boy.
Joao Bauer took his friend Bruno Foster to for about 300,000 chips as we approach the next break. Bauer opened pre-flop for 65,000, with foster electing to flat-call in position. On an ace-high flop, , Bauer checked and then called a bet of 100,000. The turn brought another check from Bauer and another bet from Foster, this time for 140,000. Bauer again called. Both players checked the river. Foster claimed the pot by tabling for a pair of aces.
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. He was racing Foster's 
. There was a queen right on the flop of a 
board to secure a double-up for Foster.
, bad news indeed for Ben Haim's 
. By the turn Ben Haim had only chop outs, 
sent him crashing to the rail in 10th place.
against Manzano's 
. Manzano has been running great for three days. Surely this hand would end Day 3, right?
. Yep, still running good.
brought another check from Bauer and another bet from Foster, this time for 140,000. Bauer again called. Both players checked the 
river. Foster claimed the pot by tabling 
for a pair of aces.
