Oaquim's Small Pair Stands Tall
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Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Walter Oaquim is going to need to work some magic with a short stack if he hopes to make tomorrow's final table. He opened a pot to 27,000 pre-flop and was called by Jose Carlos Rodrigues. Both players checked the queen-high flop, 
. Rodrigues took a stab with a bet of 24,000 on the 
turn but couldn't shake Oaquim. When the river paired queens, 
, Rodrigues checked. Oaquim checked behind and shook his head, as if to say, "I missed." Then he turned over two 5s, 
. It was yet another blow to the shrinking stack of Rodrigues, who silently mucked.