[user4144]
the cucumber contemplates...
Dave Callaghan is flying the flag for Ireland. He's currently on 60,000 at the moment after seeing little in the way of action.
Primarily a cash game player at the highest stakes around, you rarely see Dave in tournaments, and he never plays online multis. However, when he does hit the freezeout felt, he can be as dangerous as any Omaha player around, even managing to cash in the recent 10k Omaha event in Vegas.
Possibly the most laid back character here, Dave is as cool as a cucumber in a freezer and never loses his composure. If ever there were a dark horse for this event, then perhaps this is the lad to gamble on.
[user4144]
Ryu
"What's his name?" asks a cameraman pointing at Dario Alioto.
In response, I point to the back of Alioto's hoody which reads 'Dario 'Ryu' Alioto' (always a giveaway), so I guess he gets asked that question on a frequent basis.
I have no idea where the moniker arrives from, but Ryu just threw a fireball at Jon Persson, raising to 11k pre-flop before check-raising Persson's 14k bet to 115k on a flop.
Persson was initially lacking in emotion, but then began to huff and puff in that manner players tend do just before they make a reluctant fold. And that's exactly what he did.
[user4144]
Sorry, the headline may be an English-only phrase, but it means "Oh My!" or something similar and is just my roundabout way of informing you that the world's tallest man at 12 feet, Phil Gordon, has been eliminated from today's tournament.
[user38334]
On a flop of K49, Chris Bjorin and Antione Arnault get involved in a raising war, and eventually they get it all in in a huge pot. Bjorin opens a set of Nines, only to be crushed when Arnault opens a set of Kings. The miracle doesn't come and Bjorin is eliminated.
[user4144]
Mama mia!
With Roland de Wolfe raising to 10.5k with pre-flop, Julian Adamson saw an opportunity to strike with and made it 35k. However, Roland made the call and two players saw a seemingly ineffective flop.
Explosions somehow erupted as Adamson pushed in for his remaining 55k, only for Roland to match the bet with his flush draw.
So... King high versus Queen high - a classic Omaha encounter if ever I've seen one - and we had a 200k pot.
Turn =
River =
Ouch, a firm kick in the nether regions for Julian - no flush, but a pair of Eights on the river takes it for Roland who is now a real danger in this ￡5,000 Omaha event.
Meanwhile, I managed to catch up with a bleached blonde Julian Adamson on the rail, who although evidently devastated, was still happy to retell the gruesome details and add his thoughts.
"I can't believe I just nearly won a 200k pot with King high," he said half-amused, half-bewildered and half-gutted. Hold on, that's too many halves. I never was good at math at school.
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and made it 35k. However, Roland made the call and two players saw a seemingly ineffective 
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