An Orbit with Ronaldo

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Famous Brazilian footballer Ronaldo has been seated at the secondary feature table since the start of the day. He's been able to battle back against some of poker's elite and as the field is now in the money, he's scored his first ever live tournament cash. We decided to follow Ronaldo for one eight-hand orbit around the table. Here are our findings.

Stack size at orbit's start: 107,000

Hand #1: We began following Ronaldo in the big blind. Action folded around to John Patgorski on the button and he popped it up to 8,000. The small blind folded and Ronaldo came along to see a flop.

The flop came down and Ronaldo checked. Patgorski followed suit and the hit the turn. Two more checks allowed the to complete the board. Both players checked once more and Patgorski showed a winning for ace-high.

Hand #2: Patgorski opened to 8,000 from the cutoff only to have Julio Martini three-bet all in from the button for about 50,000. Ronaldo peered at his cards in the small blind and immediately shoved all of his chips into the middle of the table. The big blind and Patgorski both folded, allowing the hands to be tabled.

Ronaldo:
Martini:

Ronaldo was in a commanding position with his pocket aces. He never relented his lead through the run out and he scored the elimination. This win boosted his stack up to right around 160,000.

Hand #3: There was an early positioned raise to 8,500 and Ronaldo folded his button.

Hand #4: Patgorski raised to 8,000 and Ronaldo called from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, leaving the two heads up to the flop. Ronaldo checked, Patgorski bet 13,000, and Ronaldo quickly ditched his cards.

Hand #5: An early positioned player made it 8,000 to go and Ronaldo folded before the flop.

Hand #6: Patgorski opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Ronaldo folded from the next seat over.

Hand #7: Ronaldo was under the gun and he folded his cards.

Hand #8: Ronaldo was in the big blind and faced a raise to 11,000. He folded.

Stack at orbit's conclusion: 142,000

This orbit kicked off with excitement as the Brazilian footballer was able to eliminate an opponent from play with pocket aces. He's cruising right along and is in good spirits, despite taking a below average stack into the break. He'll return from break with roughly 142,000 to his name.