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Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:31 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima raises to 250,000, and Sotirios Koutoupas defends his big blind. The flop comes , and Koutoupas check calls a bet of 300,000. Both players check when the comes on the turn, and the same happens when the comes on the river.
Koutoupas reveals in the hole for a pair of fours, and that's good enough to take the pot.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:31 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishajima gets a walk in the big blind.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:31 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima opens to 250,000 and Sotirios Koutoupas calls. The flop is and both players check. The turn is the and Koutoupas leads out for 225,000 and Nishijima calls. The river is the and Koutoupas leads out for 500,000. Nishijima tanks for a bit but makes the call.
Koutoupas shows for queen high and Nishijima takes the pot with for a pair of nines.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:28 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas opens to 250,000 and Thiago Nishajima folds.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:28 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima raises to 250,000 and Sotirios Koutoupas calls from the big blind. The flop comes
and Nishijima takes it down with a 275,000 bet after Koutoupas checks.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:26 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas opens for 250,000 and Thiago Nishijima calls. The flop is and Nishijima check-calls a bet of 260,000. The turn is the and Nishijima check-calls another bet, this time for 475,000.
The river is the and both players check and chop the pot when they both play the board with Nishijima holding and Koutoupas has .
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:12 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima raises to 260,000 on the button, and Jesse Sylvia moves all in for 1.96 million. It folds back to Nishijima, and as soon as he gets an official count, he drops a chip in for the call.
Nishijima:
Sylvia:
The flop is about as good as it can be for Sylvia, coming down . Sylvia takes the lead with a pair, and also picks up a flush draw. Nishijima is looking for a non-diamond Ace, Jack, or Ten, and he gets just that with the on the turn. Nishijima's rail goes nuts as the entire mothership starts to shake. The river is the , and Sylvia is knocked out in 3rd place, while the Brazilian contingent celebrate like their team just won the World Cup.
With that, we are now heads up. Thiago Nishijima has 9.68 million to the 5.17 million of Sotirios Koutoupas.
Jesse Sylvia- Eliminated
Sunday, June 21, 2015 3:07 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima limps from the small blind, and Jesse Sylvia checks his option. The dealer fans out a flop of , and Nishijima fires out 120,000. Sylvia calls, and both players knuckle on the turn. The river is the , and Nishijima thinks it over for a few moments before firing out 400,000.
This bet sends Sylvia deep, deep into the tank. He cuts out the chips for the call, then after two minutes or so, puts them back on his stack. Another 30 seconds and he puts his hand on his cards, but doesn't do anything else. Three more minutes into the tank, and he puts his hand back on his cards. After about six or seven minutes total in the tank, Sylvia finally releases, to the delight of Nishijima's rail.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:51 PM Local Time
Jesse Sylvia opens to 280,000 from the button and wins the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:50 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima opens to 260,000 from the button and Sotirios Koutoupas calls from the big blind. The flop is
and Koutoupas check-folds to a 225,000 bet from Nishijima.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:49 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas raises to 250,000 from the button. Jesse Sylvia calls from the big blind. The flop is
and Sylvia check-folds to a 240,000 bet from Koutoupas.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:48 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima gets a walk.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:48 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima opens to 260,000 from the button. Jesse Sylvia three-bets to 685,000. Sotirios Koutoupas grabs a stack of chips, looks upwards to the ceiling, and announces that he is all in.
Sylvia quickly folds and Koutoupas laughs as he mucks his hand.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:42 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas makes it 250,000 to go on the button, and Thiago Nishijima three-bets it to 800,000. Koutoupas thinks for about 15 seconds before folding, and the pot is sent to the Brazilian.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:40 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas raises to 260,000 from the small blind, and Thiago Nishijima moves all in from the big blind. Koutoupas quickly calls, and sees he's in great shape to double.
Koutoupas:
Nishijima:
The board runs down , and Koutoupas earns the double up to over 4.5 million.
Thiago Nishijima - 6.9 million
Sotirios Koutoupas - 4.7 million
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:38 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima makes it 260,000 to go, and he takes down the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:37 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas moves all in from the button, and both his opponents fold.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:36 PM Local Time
Sotirios Koutoupas raises to 260,000 from the small blind, and Thiago Nishijima moves all in over the top. Koutoupas gives it up, and Nishijima takes the pot.
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:30 PM Local Time
Level: 32
Blinds: 60000/120000
Ante: 15000
Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:30 PM Local Time
It folds to Jesse Sylvia in the small blind who moves all in after confirming how much Sotirios Koutoupas has behind. Koutoupas says "let's gamble bro" and makes the call.
Sylvia:
Koutoupas:
The flop comes and draws a murmur from the crowd. Sylvia says "that's a gamble flop" and walks over to Koutoupas and the two put their arms around one another.
The turn is the and Koutoupas retains the lead. The river is the and Koutoupas doubles up.
Koutoupas - 2,510,000
Sylvia - 3,400,000