Juan Gonzalez Eliminated in 8th Place (R$26,340)

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From the cutoff seat, Jonathan Markovits raised to 54,000 after action folded to him preflop. Carlos Ibarra was on the button and flat-called before play fell on chip leader Daniele Nestola in the small blind. Nestola opted to reraise and made it 148,000 to go.

In the big blind, Juan Gonzalez began to tank. After a minute or so, he shoved all in for 549,000. Markovits folded his hand and Ibarra leaned back in his chair, running his hands through his hair as though he had a tough decision. After a minute or so, he flipped a chip up in the air to simulate a coin flip, laughed and folded his hand.

Action then fell back on Nestola. He stood up from his seat and asked the dealer to pull in the 148,000 from each stack. A minute passed before he said, "I think I have to call, but I'm not sure." He went to hint at all the money in the pot and commented about how he's either flipping or crushed in a big way. Eventually, he called.

Nestola: {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}
Gonzalez: {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}

"What the heck is going on?!?!" exclaimed Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, who was just an innocent bystander to all of this action. "Welcome to Brasil!" he laughed.

Markovits commented, "It's such a good three-bet spot and a good four-bet spot," looking at Negreanu.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {5-Spades} and Nestola had flopped a set. Still, Gonzalez could hit runner-runner straight to win the hand and we've seen this exact situation result in that several times this tournament.