Brill Gets Runnered; Here Come The Brazillions

Claudio Elizalde

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Veronica Brill and Luis Dornerles had a raising war on a flop that read 10?9?3? and it appeared both players were tied when their hands were put in play.

Veronica Brill: A?10?
Luis Dornerles: A?10?

Brill had well over 300,000 as her effective stack and it appeared it was a lock for a chop, but when the K? came on the turn Dorneles picked up the nut flush draw. When the the 8? peeled the river, Brill could be heard saying, "Oh my god...", as she was forced to accept her payout slip.

At an outer table, Alcioni Pollermann had a shorter stack at risk on a board that read J?10?5?.

Opponent: K?Q?
Alcioni Pollermann: Q?10?

The board was as nice as his opponent could hope for without making a pair, as they had the open-ended royal flush draw but the J? and 10? left Pollermann with checkmark and he soared well over a million chips.