Can't beat Brito

Joao (pictured in Madrid) is holding up well

The bad beats may be impacting players all around us but when you're sitting on over 200,000 chips, the pain of a little rough luck hardly applies.

Joao Brito had continued his steady progress into monster stack territory in the early stages of Day 2 and though the PP blog witnessed his first real setback, he was still able to wield 180,000 by the end of the hand.

Brito has three-bet Pedro Piazuelo Ferrero pre-flop and earned a call by the time the dealer flipped 9♥6♣8♣. Both men checked the flop and it was the K♣ on the turn that prompted the action.

Ferrero led out and Brito shoved over the top, but his rival insta-called and showed 10-7s for a flopped straight. It left the Portuguese drawing dead, but he seemed untroubled as he re-counted the tower.

Alright for some!