Leonardo Brescia had been having a quiet final table. Despite all of the action around him - pair versus pair, a flip here, a double-up there, even a few eliminations - he has somehow stayed out of the fray. The problem for Brescia was that the blinds were continuing to increase, but his stack wasn't keeping pace.
The end finally came in the 60k-120k level. Brescia squeezed out [kc][qc] and went with it. Victor Sbrissa, who has seized the chip lead and is throwing his weight around at the final table, found a pair of 8s. The flip was on.
If there's been a theme to many of today's eliminations, it's that one players has been drawing thin as can be after the flop. So it was for Brescia after Sbrissa flopped a full house, [9d][8h][9c]. He needed another 9 to fall or running queens or kings. He caught the first runner with the [kh] turn, but Sbrissa ended all doubt on the river by making quads with the case [8d].
Brescia has been one of the more colorful players the last few days - he wore a bright red hat yesterday and a checkered yellow shirt today. That splash of color will be missed now that he's headed to the payouts desk to collect R$171,000 in 4th-place money.
Three players remain. Sbrissa has the lead. Daniel Murta, who has been a ball of nervous energy ever since he eliminated Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez, is 2nd in chips. Rafael Pardo is the short stack.
Dave Behr is a freelance contributor to the PokerStars Blog.
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