We arrived at the scene to find Thiago Nishijima put Phil Hellmuth all in before the flop and Hellmuth call for about 90,000 total.
Nishijima:
Hellmuth:
Nishijima flopped a set on the flop but Hellmuth was given a glimmer of hope with an open-ended straight draw. That hope was soon crushed, however, as the paired the board on the turn and gave Nishijima a full house. The meaningless fell on the river and Hellmuth was forced to ship his stack across the felt and dip into his final bullet.
Bryan Pellegrino managed to get his chips into the middle in a highly advantageous situation, holding with the board reading .
Pellegrino's flopped full house was good against the jack-high hand tabled by Markus Gonsalves, although the case six on the river would have changed things entirely.
"You scared me there for a minute," Pellegrino told the dealer, having come closer to elimination than he thought possible after the perfect flop.
After losing his first two bullets against Thiago Nishijima, the inimitable Phil Hellmuth is crawling back into the match.
In a recent hand, he taught the young Brazilian pro a lesson about getting out of line, by four-betting on a board of .
The action started with Nishijima leading out on the turn for 12,000, and Hellmuth responding with a raise to 37,000. Nishijima then cut out another green T25000 tournament chip for a reraise to 52,000.
After donning his glasses to better study Nishijima, Hellmuth four-bet by making it 152,000, and Nishijima quickly surrendered.
This hand put Hellmuth back in the mix, and the two continue to battle as one of the last matches of the round.
Phil Hellmuth has defeated Thiago Nishijima to advance to the next round.
On the final hand, the two players got it all in for Nishijima's tournament life with Hellmuth holding over Nishijima's .
The flop brought and Nishijima was left calling for a ten. He did not find it as the paired the board on fourth street. Ultimately, Hellmuth clinched victory as the finished off the board.
"You played very, very strong," Hellmuth told Nishijima after the match. "Much better than all of my other opponents."
Hellmuth will move on to play Marc-Andre Ladouceur in the next round.
With the Tan section emptied out, Bryan Pellegrino and Markus Gonsalves were still engaged in a heated heads-up duel, but a sick catch on the turn sent Pellegrino onward.
According to Pellegrino, the chips got into the middle with Gonsalves holding an effective stack of only 11 big blinds. Pellegrino called with , and would need help to overcome the held by Gonsalves.
Flop:
Turn:
River:
The flop delivered Pellegrino a gutshot straight draw, and the turn brought a dagger to Gonsalves, giving him a second-best trip kings. The harmless river card changed nothing, and Pellegrino advances to play Sean Winter in the next round.
flop but Hellmuth was given a glimmer of hope with an open-ended straight draw. That hope was soon crushed, however, as the 
paired the board on the turn and gave Nishijima a full house. The meaningless 
fell on the river and Hellmuth was forced to ship his stack across the felt and dip into his final bullet.
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and Nishijima was left calling for a ten. He did not find it as the 
finished off the board.
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