Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Santiago Nadal's short stack was depleted all the way to 455,000 when he open-shoved from early position. Action passed to Bruno Politano in the big blind. He thought for about 30 seconds before calling with . Nadal opened for the first all-in and call of the day. Although Politano picked up a straight draw by the turn, , he couldn't find a river that would knockout Nadal. The that fell secured a double-up for Nadal.
While we wait for the lights to come back on, check out the photos from the players' entrance to the final table.
Leandro Csome started as the chip leader and with the button. He immediately went to work, winning the first four pots. For three of those hands, Csome's opening raise to 90,000 was enough to take down the blinds and the antes. The other hand, Bruno "Foster" Politano tried to three-bet Csome from 90,000 to 190,000. Csome responded by shoving all in, a move that induced Politano to fold.
The lights on the stage went out midway through the fourth hand. The tournament is paused while the tournament staff works to restore them.
Lights, camera, action! The players have made their entrances to the final table, complete with neon lights, strobe lights, a smoke show and loud music. The cards are now in the air.
Time to crown a champion!
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Tournament officials recently announced that the power company has assured them that the problem of rolling power outages has been resolved. The final eight players are being made up for TV and are set to be individually introduced in a few moments. After the introductions are complete play will begin for the day with 17:53 left in Level 25.
For the last hour or so we've been suffering rolling power outages here in Sao Paulo. Every time the tournament site loses power, everything goes with it: lights, A/C and internet. As a result the start of the tournament has been delayed.
Known online as "sampru", Santiago Nadal is a 26-year-old from Mexico. He is a student of marketing, ?but has already shown great promise in the poker world. In 2010, he nearly made the final ?table of a World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. If his last name sounds ?familiar to Mexican poker players, it should. Nadal is the brother of the most recent Mexican ?Poker Champion Jose Nadal.
Bios courtesy of PokerStars.net.
At 41 years old, Marcio Motta is the oldest of the final table players. The business owner from ?Rio de Janerio is no stranger to poker. He has made five final tables in major Brazilian poker ?tournaments. Motta is known as "Kamikase" to his friends, but if you want to know why, you'll ?have to ask him yourself. The story is as crazy as the nickname.
Bios courtesy of PokerStars.net.