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Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:34 PM Local Time
Comel Calls Ojiri's Bluff
We caught up with OJ Ojiri and Sebastien Comel in a blind battle on the river. With a big pot in front of them and a board of , Ojiri fired out 275,000. Comel thought for about a minute before making the call. Ojiri turned over for king-high, and Comel tossed into the middle for top pair.
Ojiri has lost roughly half of his stack in the early going.
| Sebastien Comel | 1,280,000 | 499,000  |
| OJ Ojiri | 760,000 | -750,000  |
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:31 PM Local Time
Two Doubles
Nikolaus Teichert shoved over the top of Alex Dovzhenko, who called him.
Dovzhenko:
Teichert:
The board ran out , and Teichert doubled up.
Meanwhile, OJ Ojiri was called preflop by Owen Crowe. After a flop of , Crowe raised Ojiri's continuation-bet. Ojiri put him all in, and Crowe called.
Crowe:
Ojiri:
Ojiri had just a flush draw, but he picked up additional outs when a turned. The river was clean for Crowe, as it was a , and he doubled through Ojiri.
| Owen Crowe | 600,000 | 300,000 |
| Alex Dovzhenko | 575,000 | -152,000 |
| Nikolaus Teichert | 320,000 | 153,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:26 PM Local Time
#PokerIdea
Josh Arieh offered up a colorful take on the evolution of the game:
"You know what would be a handicap as poker evolves? The older you are, the less you have to ante."
Something to think about, for sure.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:19 PM Local Time
Jonthan Tamayo Eliminated in 23rd Place ($21,326)
Action folded around to Jonathan Tamayo on the button who moved all in for his final 117,000. Sergey Lebedev called from the small blind.
Tamayo:
Lebedev:
Tamayo was looking for help to stay alive but didn't find anything when the board ran out and as result Tamayo left the tournament as our 23rd-place finisher.
| Jonathan Tamayo | 0 | -100,000 |
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:02 PM Local Time
Day 3 Begins
Players are seated and play is set to resume.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 12:23 PM Local Time
Will OJ Get the Juice?
The final 23 players remaining in Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em will recommence play at 1 p.m. here at the Rio, and by the end of the day, we will hopefully have crowned a champion who will take home a World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the hefty sum of $730,756.
Leading the charge for the top prize is the mysterious OJ Ojiri, who doesn't have a single recorded live cash that we can find. He bagged up 1,510,000 in chips last night. He skyrocketed to the top of the counts despite a very tough table for much of last night that included Jonathan Tamayo, Jesse Sylvia and Matt Marafioti. Contenders trailing Ojiri include Rahul Raju Byrraju (1,190,000), Vincent Maglio (884,000), Eric "The Donkey" Kurtzman (832,000) and Mark Golub (805,000). Other notables remaining: Nicolas Levi (762,000), Josh Arieh (517,000) and Tamayo, the shortest stack with 100,000.
We're scheduled to play 10 levels today or determine a champion, whichever comes first. An additional level may be played if necessary. Don't look away from PokerNews, as we'll be bringing you all of the pertinent updates throughout the stretch run of this tournament.