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.
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.
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.
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.
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..."