Event #20: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

And the *insert raiser* wins the pot.

We're hearing a lot of that lately at the final table as the play continues to be tight.

The action is really slowing down over here. Trai "Danny" Dang just closed his eyes promping John "Tex" Barch to blurt, "Wake up Danny!"

'Wake up Danny' is one of Dang's manny nicknames, and it's the first thing many friends on the rail have said to him.

Nenad Medic limped from under the gun, John "Tex" Barch limped his button, Klinghammer Thibaut folded his small blind and Trai Dang checked his option.

The dealer flopped     and the action checked to Barch who bet 60,000. Dang folded, but Medic called.

Both players checked the   on the turn and Medic checked a third time after the   rivered. Barch quickly reached for chips and bet 80,000. Medic tanked momentarily before painstakingly making the call.

"Straight," Barch said as soon as Medic's chips hit the felt.

Indeed his      straightened out on the river and he was shipped the 200,000-chip put to push back over a million chips.

Nenad Medic completed in the small blind and John "Tex" Barch checked his option.

Both players checked the flop and turn, and the board looked like this:      .

Medic led for 30,000 and Barch quickly called.

"Two pair," Medic said.

Barch quickly showed    followed by    for a set of queens, Medic mucked and Barch won the pot.

Action has been a bit slow since returning from break. We've only seen two flops in five hands and they both went bet, fold.

Maybe we're just used to a lot of action happening since more than half the players busted in the first two hours of play today.

We're now on a 20-minute break.

John "Tex" Barch opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Nenad Medic was his only caller out of the big blind.

Both players checked the     flop and the dealer brought the   on the turn.

Medic check-called 80,000 from Barch and both players again checked after the   rivered.

Medic rolled over      for runner-runner two pair and Barch sweated his cards one more time before releasing him.

That's Omaha for ya, flush draw turned ugly yet winning two pair.

Nenad Medic is still our chip leader today and hasn't relinquished his lead thus far.

He took down the first down four-handed after Trai Dang opened to 50,000 from under the gun. Medic called on the button and so too did Klinghammer Thibaut from the big blind.

The flop fell    .

Thibaut checked, Dang bet and Medic raised to over 200,000. Thibaut quickly folded and after showing an ace, Dang's hand hit the muck as well.

Medic's still our chip leader with 1,600,000 chips.

Trai Dang opened to 45,000 from the cutoff and Ashkan Razavi was his only caller out of the big blind.

Both player checked the     flop and the   turned. Razavi check-called 55,000 from Dang and the   fell on the river.

Razavi checked again and Dang doubled fisted 200,000 into the pot. Razavi only had 229,000 and set aside enough for the call before going deep into the tank. Dang sat back in his chair and crossed his arms, staring at Razavi through his gold-framed sunglasses.

Finally, after over a minute of thinking, Razavi made the call.

Dang opened      for aces full of threes and Razavi unhappily mucked his hand.

Razavi is very short, he only has 29,000 chips.

Chris Hyong Chang opened the pot with a 42,000-chip raise under the gun and John Barch re-popped it to 150,000. Chang called all in. Let's see the cards.

Showdown

Chang:     

Barch:     

The board       didn't helped Chang and we just found our 6th place finisher.

Barch moved up to 765,000 chips.