There was a raise in middle position before Ari Engel put his last 4,000 in the middle before the flop and Andreas Kniep called next to act.
The dealer fanned a flop of and the preflop raiser checked to Kniep as he tossed out two chips for a bet of 10,000. The preflop raiser got out of the way and both hands were turned face-up.
Ari Engel:
Andreas Kniep:
"I don't care about the side pot, I just want that." Kniep said while pointing at Engel's bounty chip.
The hit the turn, giving Kniep a flush draw but the river was a brick as Engel survived with his pair of aces.
Luis "The Underdog-0" Rodriguez was under the gun and shoved all in preflop for 110,000. Rodriguez got a call from the button and also the big blind who had them both covered.
Luis Rodriguez:
Button:
Big Blind:
The board ran out and Rodriguez ended up with two pair to take the pot down and chip up to over 200k, while also knocking out the button from the tournament.
Larry Carillo raised to 21,000 under the gun and only the small blind made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of and once the small blind checked, Carillo continued for 30,000. His opponent took about 30 seconds and made the call.
The hit the turn and the small blind checked again, and Carillo didn't slow down, tossing in a bet of 80,000. The small blind reluctantly let his hand go and the dealer pushed the pot to Carillo.
Josh Arieh raised in middle position and the button flatted before Humberto Brenes three-bet all-in for roughly 100,000 in the small blind. Arieh instantly announced he was all in and the button called off his stack of about 68,000.
Button:
Humberto Brenes:
Josh Arieh:
Arieh had both players dominated as the board ran out and Arieh's aces eliminated both players.
Rafael Rovira was in the cutoff and facing an all in from a player in early position. Rovira called and cards were flipped.
Rafael Rovira:
Opponent:
On the flop came which gave Rovira two pair with aces and sevens but giving his opponent a flush draw. The turn was a and the river a which just made Rovira's two pair even better and with no diamond showing up, his opponent was sent to the rail.
He didn’t cash that tournament, but now less than a week later the soccer legend has notched his first-ever WSOP cash by making the money in this tournament. Shortly after the bubble burst PokerNews decided to spend an entire orbit with Neymar Jr. to capture some of his play.
Hand #1 (Middle Position): Action folded to Neymar Jr. in middle position who folded.
Hand #2 (Early Position): In early position, Neymar Jr. folded.
Hand #3 (Under the Gun): First to act, Neymar Jr. folded his hand.
Hand #4 (Big Blind): A player in early position raised to 22,000 and action folded aroun to Neymar Jr. who folded.
Hand #5 (Small Blind): With 38,000 total in their stack, a player in late position raised to 35,000 and was looked up by both the player on the button and Neymar Jr. in the small blind.
The flop rolled off and Neymar Jr. checked to the late-position player who moved his final 3,000 in the middle. The button raised to 40,000 and Neymar Jr. folded.
Late Position:
Button:
The board completed with the turn and river and the late-position player tripled up.
Hand #6 (Button): Neymar Jr. raised to 21,000 on the button and a player moved all in for 77,000 from the small blind. Greg Gabriel in the big blind called and Neymar Jr. got out of the way.
Small Blind:
Greg Gabriel:
The board ran out ace-high and Gabriel took down a bounty.
Hand #7 (Cutoff): Neymar Jr. folded in the cutoff.
Hand #8 (Hijack): Neymar Jr. folded in the hijack.
Hand #9 (Late Position): Neymar Jr. folded in late position.
It wasn't the most exciting orbit with the Brazilian superstar, but sometimes slow and steady wins the race.