Monday, June 28, 2010 12:28 AM Local Time
Jesse Rockowitz opened to 200,000 with the button and Thiago Nishijima moved all in for around 1,500,000 from the small blind. Raymond Coburn surrendered his big blind and Rockowitz quickly called.
Showdown
Rockowitz:
Nishijima:
Everyone wearing green and yellow was standing and chanting, "ACE! ACE! ACE!"
Flop: .
The Brazilians on the rail absolutely erupted, jumping up and down cheering in Portugeuse. The turn ( ) and river ( ) both bricked, and Nishijima doubled to 3,100,000 chips.
Monday, June 28, 2010 12:22 AM Local Time
For the umpteenth time, Jesse Rockowitz bullied short (or shortest) stack Thiago Nishijima by moving all in from small blind. Again, Nishijima was forced to make the fold.
Monday, June 28, 2010 12:16 AM Local Time
Ray Coburn opened to 200,000 with the button and Jesse Rockowitz three-bet to 595,000. Coburn tanked for a second then four-bet to 1,200,000.
Rockowitz folded shipping Coburn the pot and the chip lead once again.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:48 PM Local Time
Players, and rail, are now on a 20 minute break.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:47 PM Local Time
Much to the chagrin of the blood-thirsty rail, Raymond Coburn and Thiago Nishijima just chopped a pot with , Nishijima opening the button for 215,000, Coburn reraising to 600,000, Nishijima shoving all in and Coburn making the call. The nine high board produced no excitement.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:44 PM Local Time
Thiago Nishijima opened to 180,000 with the button and Jesse Rocokowitz called from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop and the dealer delivered the on the turn. Rockowitz led for 265,000 and Nishijima called.
The fell on the river and Rockowitz fired 595,000. Nishijima folded and Rockowitz showed for trip jacks.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:34 PM Local Time
Jesse Rockowitz opened to 185,000 with the button and Ray Coburn defended his big blind.
Both players checked the flop and Coburn led for 280,000 after the turned. Rockowitz called.
The river brought the and Coburn fired 550,000. Rockowitz folded, and Coburn chipped up taking the chip lead.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:22 PM Local Time
Despite doubling up moments ago, Kevin Odell found himself all in once again, this time against fan favorite Thiago Nishijima. On this occasion, he had the goods with over a paltry .
The flop, however, favored the Brazilian and sent the rail into a wild frenzy unseen since the yellow and green last won the World Cup. The hit the turn, and after a river it was all over.
For the third time, the Brazilians stormed the stage in their masses, barging past Odell in the process. As they jumped aorund with their hero, singing and chanting, Odell scrambled out of his seat and exited stage left.
After the hand, the announcer issued the rail a warning about disrespecting the participants by charging into the playing area uninvited.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:20 PM Local Time
Action folded to Jesse Rockowitz who raised to 215,000 from the small blind. Thiago Nishijima moved all in for 1,715,000 from the big blind and Rockowitz released.
Nishijima's rail erupted as he chipped up to 2,000,000 chips.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:17 PM Local Time
Odell found himself all in just one hand later...
Kevin Odell:
Thiago Nishijima:
Despite the liklihood of a split pot, and the Brazilians commanding a deuce, and then a four, it was the American who took the pot to double up to around the 700,000 mark.
Board:
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:12 PM Local Time
Raymond Coburn just received a massive double-up through Kevin Odell.
Odell opened to 250,000 from under gun and Coburn three-bet to 800,000 on the button. Odell tank-called and the flop came .
Odell led for 1,000,000 and Coburn thought for a minute before going all in for right around 2,000,000 chips. Odell tanked for a very long time, but eventually stood up, announced call and opened .
He was well behind Coburn's .
The turn and river came , respectively and Coburn shipped the huge double up. Odell meanwhile is crippled to 350,000 chips.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:03 PM Local Time
The atmosphere here today is electric as the Nishijima fans continue to bombard the rail. They might be from Brazil, but after a few failed attempts they finally managed to get a wave circulating the final table.
Meanwhile, the Coburn fans are doing their utmost to show their support; they just started a "Go Ray" chant to the tune of "Olay Olay..."
Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:58 PM Local Time
Jesse Rockowitz raised to 185,000 from under the gun and Michael Goldfarb defended in the big blind.
On the flop, Goldfarb checked, Rockowitz continuation bet 145,000 and Goldfarb called.
The turn brought the and Goldfarb turned aggressor by leading out for 500,000. Rockowitz made the call.
The final card was the , and without too much hesitation, Goldfarb glanced at his stack, waved his hand and announced all-in.
After a long tank, Rockowitz made the call and showed . Goldfarb could only muster .
Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:41 PM Local Time
The action folded around to Kevin Odell who raised to 150,000 from the small blind. Raymond Coburn made the call in the big.
on the , Coburn called a bet of 250,000 before taking down with a bet of 475,000 on the turn after Odell had checked.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:38 PM Local Time
Jesse Rockowitz opened to 135,000 with the button and Kevin Odell defended his big blind.
Both players checked the flop, and the turn brought the . Odell checked to Rockowitz who bet 155,000. Odell called.
The river was another heart, the , and Odell again checked to Rockowitz. Rockowitz fired 250,000 and Odell quickly folded.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:29 PM Local Time
In a three-bet pot, Jesse Rockowtiz (button) and Kevin Odell (big blind) saw a flop where Odell fired a continuation bet of what looked like 300,000. Rockowitz made the call.
On the turn, Odell took another shot, this time to the tune of 600,000. Again, Rockowitz just flat called.
The river was the , and although both players were tempted by the bet, it went check, check, Rockowitz scooping the pot with .
Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:59 PM Local Time
Completely out of the blue, Thiago Nishijima moved all in from the small blind and Kevin O'Dell called quicker than a jet-propelled whippet. As the Brazilian dominated rail neared the table, the cards were placed on their backs, Nishijima in piping hot water with versus .
I'm not sure if they were requesting a jack specifically, or just a red flop, but the Brazilian fans began chanting avidly in support of their man. Meanwhile, the dealer rolled out the flop: .
The rail seemed pessimistic, but when the turn came the a few on them grew ants in their pants and began hopping around with excitement. Then, the river...
The room erupted like Mount Vesuvias as Nishijima fist-pumped the air with both hands whilst wearing a war face that would make the Terminator cry. His fans leapt from the rail and jumped on top of him as if he'd won the World Cup.
After the celebrations had died down, Odell began dipping into his stack and sliding the necessary chips over to his neighbor. The result: Odell down to 5,600,000, whilst Nishijima doubles to 1,700,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:31 PM Local Time
On the last hand before the break, Raymond Coburn made a standard raise from the button, only for Michael Goldfarb to bump it up to 270,000 from the small blind. Coburn announced all-in for around 930,000 and, after a long dwell, Goldfarb folded face-up.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:17 PM Local Time
Action folded to Kevin Odell who raised to 150,000 on the button. Steven Brown moved all in from the small blind, the big blind released and Odell quickly called.
Showdown
Odell:
Brown:
The board ran and Brown was eliminated in 6th place while Odell chipped up above 5,000,000.
Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:13 PM Local Time
Jesse Rockowitz raised to 115,000 from the button and Kevin Odell called from the big blind. After both players had checked the flop, Rockowitz took it down with a bet of 145,000 on the turn.