PokerNews briefly caught up with the 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion to ask him what game he prefers, No-Limit Hold'em or Pot-Limit Omaha.
His response was clear: "Absolutely PLO, it's not even close."
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Pot-Limit Omaha
Action picked up on the turn in a hand between Brian Keith Etheridge on the button, David Danlag in the small blind, and Gilles Nigro in the big blind.
With about 60,000 already in the middle and the board reading A♦3♠2♠6♣, Danlag moved all in for 35,600. Nigro folded and Etheridge called for 4,500 total to put himself at risk.
Brian Keith Etheridge: K♠6♠3♦Xx 
David Danlag: A♠J♣J♦5♠
The river landed the J♥ and Danlag scooped the pot with a set of jacks. Etheridge, who finished runner-up in this event last year, decided to rebuy for a fresh 30,000 starting stack.
Jeffrey Lewis raised from early position to 1,600 only for Ryan Stoker to three-bet from middle position to 4,300. Lewis called.
The flop came 5♦9♦2♥, and Lewis moved all in and was snap called by Stoker.
Jeffrey Lewis: 9♥9♣
Ryan Stoker: Q♥Q♦
No queen on the A♠ turn nor the 2♠ river to rescue Stoker and Lewis was sent the pot and a double up.
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
No-Limit Hold'em
Action was joined with the flop reading 3♣10♣4♥. Jean-Marc Thomas checked, as did Weizheng Zhong only for Amin Hosein to put out a bet of 4,000. This is where the fun started.
Thomas called the 4,000 but then Zhong raised to 16,000, which Hosein flat called. Thomas then decided to move all-in for 29,800, which sent Zhong into the tank before he announced that he was also all-in for 64,200. The players then started debating if this was a legal action from Zhong and if the action had been reopened by Thomas. The floor was called, and after calming down the table it was decided that Zhong could move all-in.
Hosein then went into the tank before he folded, showing 10♥9♥ for top pair with a backdoor flush draw.
Jean-Marc Thomas: A♦10♠
Weizheng Zhong: 3♠3♥
With the 7♣ coming on the turn, Thomas was drawing dead and was sent to the rail. The K♦ came on the river but changed nothing.
No-Limit Hold'em
James Khoury raised to 1,200 in middle position and Daren Carlstrom defended in the big blind.
The flop came K♣5♦4♣ and Carlstrom check-called a bet of 1,200 from Khoury.
The turn landed the 6♣, completing flush and straight draws. Action went check-check and the river brought the Q♦ where both players checked again.
Khoury tabled 9♦6♦ for a pair of sixes, besting the 7♠5♠ of Carlstrom who had a pair of fives.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Action picked up on a flop of 5♠4♠10♦ in a hand between Oshri Azran in early position, Gabriel Abusada in the cutoff, and Justin Sharpe in the big blind.
Sharpe bet 8,800, Azran moved all in for 18,800 to put himself at risk, Abusada called, and Sharpe called for slightly less.
Justin Sharpe: K♣6♥5♣4♥
Oshri Azran: A♠9♥6♣2♠
Gabriel Abusada: 10♣9♦7♠5♦
The turn landed the 10♠, improving Abusada to a full house, tens full of fives. The river brought the Q♦ and the sizable pot was pushed his way.
Pot-Limit Omaha
The action was joined on the 7♣5♠6♦ flop, where four players had managed to get all the money in the middle.
Casey Wassell: Q♠10♣6♣6♥
Michael Wo: A♣7♠7♥4♣
Said Bahtat: Q♥J♠10♥8♠
Christopher Power: A♦9♦8♣3♣
The turn brought the 9♣ and the river the 4♠, and when all the side pots were worked out Wassell was sent to the rail, and Power was left with a bowl of rice after thinking that he was in fact eliminated.
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