OJ Ojiri put his last 44,000 in after Rahul Byrraju raised under the gun. Everyone else folded, and Byrraju called.
Ojiri:
Byrraju:
The flop came , and the turn a . Things looked over for our former chipleader, but a came on the river and Ojiri pumped his fist and yelled in celebration.
At another table, Eric Kurtzman got it all in preflop with , and he was a bit behind the of Mario Silvestri. The flop was , keeping Kurtzman behind. The turn was a , and Kurtzman was down to his last card. The dealer burned and turned the though, and Kurtzman survived as well.
The fall has been as swift as it's been hard for OJ Ojiri, who came into Day 3 with a big chip lead. He's down to a mere six big blinds after a recent pot.
Rahul Raju Byrraju opened under the gun, and Ojiri three-bet to 65,000. Chris Karambinis reraised all in for around 370,000 from the small blind. Ojiri called after Byrraju folded.
Ojiri:
Karambinis:
Ojiri looked like he might be back on track until the flop came . The turn was a and the river a , and Ojiri was left crippled.
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.
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.
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.
, and the turn a 
. Things looked over for our former chipleader, but a 
came on the river and Ojiri pumped his fist and yelled in celebration.
, and he was a bit behind the 
of Mario Silvestri. The flop was 
, keeping Kurtzman behind. The turn was a 
, and Kurtzman was down to his last card. The dealer burned and turned the 
though, and Kurtzman survived as well.
and the river a 
with Teichert showing 
.
, 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.
turned. The river was clean for Crowe, as it was a 
