Will OJ Get the Juice?
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.