The Plight of Thiago Nishijima
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At the start of the level, Thiago Nishijima was second only to Kevin Odell in chips, but now, and despite heavy support from the Brazilian fan base on the rail, he's slipped down the charts after losing two coin flips.
The first came courtesy of short stack Douglas Gord, who open-shoved all in for 303,000. Nishijima came over the top with 
and everyone folded. Gord tabled 
, and following a 
board, doubled through to around the 650,000 mark.
Moments later, Nishijima was subjected to a second right hook as he doubled Justin Conley up to a million in chips. Nishijima opened the action with a raise to 57,000 from early position, Shaun Malough made the call on the button, and Conley announced all-in from the blind.
After requesting a count - "489,000," came the precise reply - Nishijima once again moved all in. With Malough side-stepping out of the way, we had ourselves another showdown, Nishijimi with the pair this time: 
versus 
.
The window card was the 
, and the other community cards were of no help either as the dealer dropped an ensuing 
onto the felt.
As a result of this double whammy, Nishijima is down, but still in decent shape with circa 1,500,000 in chips. His confidence, however, will be black and blue.