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During the break, we were counting down Norbert Ludger's sprawling chip stack. We noticed that he has a small blue piece of paper folded in half under his blue chips. A bit of writing was just visible through the fold, but we couldn't make out what was inside. We love guessing games though, so here are some possibilities:
- Cliff's Notes on "Poker for Dummies"
- Map of the remarkably confusing Mantra property
- Grocery list
- Spanish-to-English translation of "all in"
- Horoscope for Sagittarius
- Handwritten Team PokerStars Uruguay contract
- Nacho Barbero's autograph
- His lucky piece of chewing gum
- Buy-one-get-one-free coupon for Mr. Chivito's down the street
- Today's lottery numbers
We're not exactly sure what it is, but we know what it's not. It can't be a list of the players he's eliminated in this tournament; the paper is too small for that.
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For the second hand in a row, Bernardo Dias moved all in preflop, this time for 495,000. When the table folded to the small blind, Nicolas Cardyn made the call with his last 280,000 chips, putting himself at risk in the process. The big blind folded quickly, and the cards were on their backs:
Dias:
Cardyn:
Cardyn had to fade a flush draw by the time the river rolled around, but the board of was ultimately safe and clean. With his kicker playing, Cardyn has found his double up to stay alive.
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Roman Suarez - 8th Place
First in from the button, Roman Suarez stuck in a raise to 140,000. When Norbert Ludger folded his small blind, Nacho Barbero announced an all-in reraise, putting the decision right back on Suarez. He had only 600,000 total to begin the hand, and he made the call for the remainder, putting himself all in and at risk.
Showdown
Suarez:
Barbero:
Despite being dominated, Suarez had a pretty decent chance of at least chopping the pot and staying alive. The flop, however, was a disastrous , pairing Barbero's kicker and leaving the endangered player drawing dead to two running cards.
If the flop was bad, the on the turn was devastating. Barbero improved to the unbeatable trip sevens, and a meaningless filled out the board as Suarez was already shaking hands with the remaining players.
On the first hand of the new level, Roman Suarez becomes our eighth-place finisher. He'll pocket more than $20,000 for his work this week.
Now for the good news: Barbero is up to 1.4 million and battling for the chip lead.
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The players are back in their chairs, and it's time for two more levels of the poker. During the down time, the yellow/gold/sunflower T1,000 chips were colored up and raced off. Blinds and antes are up, and the cards are in the air once again.
Mickey Doft
Under the gun, Nacho Barbero raised to 100,000. It was a met with a raise to 250,000 by Andres Korn in middle position and action folded back around to Nacho.
He tanked for a few minutes and layed it down, showing .
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and Dias' aces up took it down, doubling to about 690,000 in the process.
was ultimately safe and clean. With his kicker playing, Cardyn has found his double up to stay alive.
and Dias doubled to 500,000. Cardyn slips down to 305,000.
, pairing Barbero's kicker and leaving the endangered player drawing dead to two running cards.