OJ Ojiri shipped it on the button after action had folded to him. Sebastien Comel called from the small blind, but Owen Crowe reraised to 241,000 from the big blind. Comel folded.
Crowe: 
Ojiri: 
The board ran out 
, and Ojiri, who entered the day as the chipleader, is done in 19th.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Rahul Byrraju got all in preflop against Sebastien Comel.
Byrraju: 
Comel:
Byrraju was miles behind but found some hope on the 
flop. He surged into the lead when the 
turned, but a 
on the river turned his fortunes right back around by giving Comel a better two pair.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000
1,320,000
|
1,320,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Action folded to Nicolas Faure on the button and he raised to 32,000. John Scaife was in the small blind and he jammed all in for the rest of his chips. The big blind folded, but Faure didn't, he called quickly and the hands were put on their backs.
Faure: 
Scaife: 
The flop came down 
putting a stranglehold on the hand for Faure as he had paired his live card and Scaife didn't have a club. The turn was the 
leaving Scaife drawing dead. The river was dealt the giving Scaife a pair, but it didn't matter as Faure had a better pair.
Sacife didn't leave empty handed though, he still collected $21,326 for his finish.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Joseph Ward, John Scaife and Nicolas Faure were all in preflop. Faure was the big stack of the three and Scaife was the short stack.
Ward: 
Scaife: 
Faure:
Scaife found what he wanted when the board fell 
. Scaife tripled up and Ward was eliminated in 22nd Place.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,280,000
499,000
|
499,000 |
|
|
760,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
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.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
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.
