Action folded around to Jeremy Joseph on the button and he opened for 1,050 with Sam Higgs coming along for the ride from the big blind.
Higgs checked the flop over to Joseph, who led out for 1,200. Higgs check-raised to 6,000 and Joseph quickly shoved with Higgs making the call.
Sam Higgs:
Jeremy Joseph:
While Higgs may have started off with the better preflop hand that means much less in omaha than it does in hold'em and Higgs queens had been monstrously outflopped by Joseph's quad sevens.
The turn and river are not the running queens Higgs needed to catch back up and Joseph earned himself the double.
Sam Greenwood (photo from the $50,000 High Roller)
We caught the action on the turn as Sam Greenwood (cutoff) had just bet most of his stack on a board of . His opponent, Jeremy Joseph on the button, moved in for a tiny bit more and Greenwood called.
Jeremy Joseph:
Sam Greenwood:
The on the river filled up Greenwood's full house and Joseph had to part ways with most of his stack.
It's raised to 1,000 from the cutoff with Phil Laak making the call from the button and the small blind coming along for the ride as well to a flop of .
The small blind checked, the cutoff led out for a pot sized 3,300 with Laak making the call and the small blind getting out of the way.
The turn saw the cutoff move all-in for his last 5,000 with and Laak called with for straight with a heart flush redraw.
The river locked up the hand for Laak and his opponent hit the rail.
With 6,150 in the middle already, Dominykas Karmazinas and Sam Higgs got their chips in on a flop of .
Sam Higgs:
Dominykas Karmazinas:
"Way in front," Higgs said to Karmazinas.
The Lithuanian did not have to worry as the on the turn and on the river were blanks and he doubled, leaving Higgs below starting stack for the first time today.
Brazil's Yuri Martins Dzivielevski opened to 700 from middle position, Daniel Laidlaw made the call from the button with both blinds along coming along for the ride.
All players checked the flop and there was no further betting with the turn and river completing the hand. Dzivielevski showed but this was not enough to beat Laidlaw's turned two pairs. Laidlaw has obviously been busy and is sitting on a huge stack.
Following an under the gun raise to 900, Sam Greenwood made the call from the button and Sam Higgs made the call from the small blind with the flop falling .
Higgs checked, the under the gun raiser led out for 2,000 and Greenwood quickly re-raised to 5,000 only to see the original raiser snap shove for another 8,000 on top.
Greenwood made the call with which was leading his opponent's until the landed on the turn to give the under the gun player a straight and Greenwood loses all the traction he has gained so far.
On a board of , both Jonathan Abdellatif in the hijack and his opponent in the cutoff checked. The completed the board and Abdellatif bet 3,500. His opponent called and Abdellatif showed . His opponent revealed for a full house and Abdellatif had to let the pot go.
"That was my one bluff of the day" he was overheard saying.
flop over to Joseph, who led out for 1,200. Higgs check-raised to 6,000 and Joseph quickly shoved with Higgs making the call.
. His opponent, Jeremy Joseph on the button, moved in for a tiny bit more and Greenwood called.
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turn saw the cutoff move all-in for his last 5,000 with 
for straight with a heart flush redraw.
river locked up the hand for Laak and his opponent hit the rail.
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on the river were blanks and he doubled, leaving Higgs below starting stack for the first time today.
flop and there was no further betting with the 
river completing the hand. Dzivielevski showed 
, both Jonathan Abdellatif in the hijack and his opponent in the cutoff checked. The 
completed the board and Abdellatif bet 3,500. His opponent called and Abdellatif showed 
. His opponent revealed 
