Brazil's football legend Ronaldo showed off his poker skills on the Bahamas and together with PokerNews.com Editor in Chief Donnie Peters we analyzed his deep run.
Dylan Linde moved all in for 130,000 from the hijack with the and Ronaldo called from the cutoff with the . Once again the worst hand came from behind at the feature table as the board rolled out , keeping Linde alive.
The Argentinian is more of a cash game player than a tourney guy, and more likely to be found online than at live events, although he has collected several cashes and a Main Event final table finish on the Latin American Poker Tour over the last couple of years. When Pastor achieved Supernova Elite on the next-to-last day of 2014, he invited friends to share in the celebration. See the raucous video and learn a little more about the rising star at the PokerStars Blog.
With 100,000 in the pot and a flop of , Uwe Ritter led out for 38,000 and would get called by Shyam Srinivasan. Both players would check the turn and Ritter would check when the was dealt on the river.
Srinivasan put out a bet of 110,000 and Ritter would make the call. He would immediately muck his hand after seeing that Srinivasan had for a queen high straight.
Carter Swidler defended his big blind from a cutoff open from Maurice Hawkins, and he check-called 30,000 on the flop. Both players checked the turn, and Swidler bet about 50,000 on the river. Hawkins called, and his was good.
Andreas Samuelsson opened to 25,000 from the cutoff and Shannon Shorr moved all in for 168,000 total from the small blind. Samuelsson would eventually make the call with and Shorr was in great shape to double up with .
The flop changed that quickly though as it came . Shorr, the consummate pro, sat there showing no emotion at the unfortunate turn of events. The turn was the and the river the and Shorr said a quiet "good luck" to the table as he left the table.