Hands #45-49: Cada Doubles to the Chip Lead as Busquet Plummets
The five players' stacks are now so close that every hand seems to see the momentum shift, and there is a feeling inside the Rio that this could be a pivotal period of poker.
Hand #45: Joao Vieira raised to 350,000 from the hijack and the others folded.
Hand #46: Jamie O'Connor raised to 320,000 from the button Vieira called from the big blind. The flop was dealt 
and Vieira checked. O��Connor continued with a bet of 250,000. Vieira got out of the way.
Hand #47: Pierre Calamusa raised from the button as he pushed 375,000 forward. Small blind Vieira three-bet all in for effectively 3,840,000 and both big blind Joe Cada and Calamusa folded their hand.
Hand #48: O'Connor raised to 320,000 and Olivier Busquet called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Busquet check-called a bet of 250,000 from O'Connor.
The 
was dealt on the turn and both players checked. The 
was dealt on the river. Busquet led out with a bet of 375,000 and O'Connor took his time to end up folding.
Hand #49: Joe Cada raised to 350,000 and Busquet three-bet all in from the small blind. O'Connor folded, but Cada quickly called.
Joe Cada:
Olivier Busquet: 
The board ran out 
and Cada secured a double up that propelled him into the chip lead. By contrast, Olivier Busquet was left with less than five big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500,000
3,500,000
|
3,500,000 |
|
||
|
6,900,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
||
|
5,800,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
3,000,000
-800,000
|
-800,000 |
|
|
||
|
770,000
-2,930,000
|
-2,930,000 |