06-29-2008 18:53 UTC-8

Gomes Cracks Aces To Double Up!

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Marco Johnson opened with a raise to 280,000 from the button. Alexandre Gomes thought for a minute before declaring he was all in. Johnson insta-called and slammed {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Spades}

on the table. Gomes cringed as his tournament life was on the line with {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{10-Spades}

.

The flop came {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{3-Hearts}

to offer Gomes some hope, and the Brazilian fans blew the roof off the Rio when the {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

rolled off on the turn! The {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

on the river left Johnson in a state of disbelief after coming so close to the bracelet, as Gomes doubles through to 4.8 million chips to now hold the lead against Johnson's 4.4 million.

Tags: Alexandre Gomes