Hands #39 - #45: Nabil Cardoso Eliminated in 3rd Place (£90,000)
Nov 6, 2016
Hand #39: Chris Yong opened to 225,000 and got a call from Nabil Cardoso. The flop of 
was checked by both men, as was the turn 
, but the river of saw a 1.2m bet from Yong take it down.
Hand #40: Cardoso called and saw a flop of 
against Chris Yong in the big blind. Cardoso bet the flop to 100,000 and took it away.
Hand #41: Cardoso called from the button with 
and Cruz checked. The flop of 
was checked by Cruz but Cardoso made it 200,000, Cruz raised to 580,000 and was called by Cardoso to a turn of , making Cruz’s flush. Cruz’s bet of 600,000 got a quick fold.
Hand #42: Yong opened to 225,000 with 
and Cruz three-bet to 650,000 with 
, getting Cardoso to fold, but Yong 4-bet… only for Cruz to shove all-in… and get an instant fold! What. Just. Happened?
Hand #43: Cardoso called with 
and Yong checked with 
to a flop of 
, whereupon Cardoso’s bet got a fold. Is the chip leader Chris Yong rattled following that 4-bet fold hand before?
Hand #44: All three players limped to a flop of 
. Nabil Cardoso bet 185,000 on the flop with and both his opponents mucked rags.
Hand #45: Cardoso called with and Yong checked with 
in the big blind. The flop of 
saw Cardoso bet 150,000 and that was called. The turn of saw Cardoso bet 500,000 with 7-high, but Chris Yong called. The river of saw Yong make a full house, and Cardoso’s all-in bluff was called quick as it could possibly be! An amazing bluff, doomed from the moment it left his lips.
@WPT