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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
Action folded to Shaun Malough who moved all in for 225,000 from the small blind. Raymond Coburn made the call from the big, and the hands were tabled:
Showdown
Malough:
Coburn:
The flop was horrible for Malough, and after the turned that was all she wrote. A meaningless rivered and Malough was off to the cage to collect $92,900 for his 7th place finish.