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The sun has set over Punta del Este.

Under half the field remains as players return from break for the final two levels of the day. This next hour, Level 9 (500-1,000-100), has the smallest ante ratio of the bunch, but something tells us that will not dissuade these action junkies.

Another level, another PokerStars Pro eliminated. This time the distinction went to Andre Akkari who found a sweet spot to get his last fifteen big blinds in the middle, squeezing an open of 1,900 and two callers with 8♦ 8♠ .

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The sun will come up tomorrow for Akkari

Unfortunately the first caller repeated his action with the flip Akkari didn’t want to see — A♥ 9â™  . The flop was cooperative, 2♥ 5♥ Qâ™  , but after the 9♣ turn and 9♥ river completed the board the PokerStars Pro took to the twitterverse to say tomorrow is another day.

With Akkari’s exit, we have an eye on another charismatic, Brazilian stud still in the hunt.

At the table he is tattooed, blowing bubble-gum, wearing a dark beard and a T-shirt of Cindy Crawford, scantily clad. In other words, looking like the young version of the most interesting man in the world. That man is Thiago Camilo, Brazilian stock car driver, and he has an above-average stack of 56,000.

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Thiago Camilo, as advertised

But he is not just any Brazilian stock car driver slash poker player. No this man, driver of car #21, heads the 2013 Stock Car V8 points leaderboard, Brazil’s stock car racing series. He is used to high stakes: his next race awards one-million Brazilian Real to the victor.

Something tells us nerves will not be much of a factor for this poker veteran, who has for example, final tabled the Super Tuesday on PokerStars. At the table he is constantly playing in position and has been making thin, effective river value bets. This is no celebrity with a hobby.

What are they all racing towards? We give you the final table payouts:

1st — $238,260
2nd — $153,000
3rd — $106,300
4th — $79,100
5th — $59,840
6th — $45,100
7th — $33,780
8th — $25,840
9th — $20,620

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