WSOP Europe / Dave Allan / 23 September 2009 / Leave a comment

Play ended late last night in the WSOPE £2,500 Pot-limit Hold'em/Omaha Event with just five players remaining, each of them in with a big shout of taking home a coveted WSOPE bracelet and £104,677.

Men 'The Master' Nguyen was born in Vietnam in 1954 but claimed political asylum in Los Angeles in 1978, before becoming an American citizen in 1986. Almost as famous for tutoring numerous successful poker players, including cousins David Pham and Minh Nguyen, as he is playing, 'The Master' is a feared opponent at the tables. This will be his 66th WSOP cash and a win would be his 7th bracelet and take his career winnings over $9,300,000. My favourite for the win today. He starts the day in third place with 268,000 chips.

Mats Gavatin is the overnight chipleader with 448,000 chips in his stack. The experienced Swedish pro has now cashed nine times in WSOP events, including an impressive four cashes in Las Vegas this summer. At time of writing, Gavatin has live tournament winnings of $653,446 with over half of them coming from his victory in the 2005 EPT Irish Masters tournament.

Richard Gryko is popular figure on the UK poker scene and should have plenty of support from the rail, being on home soil. He starts the day with 329,000 chips, enough to put him in second place, and in a good position to win his first bracelet. This is his third WSOP cash, with his most impressive being in the 2006 Main Event where he finished 50th from 8,773 entrants for $164,932. He's in good form, having won the £1,000 GUKPT Main Event in Luton in August 2009 for a cool £88,850.

Erik Cajelais is another experienced pro, representing Canada. This is his fourth WSOP cash with his best result being a second place finish in a $5,000 Pot-limit Omaha Event back in 2007. In 2006 he took down the $5,000 Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $430,730 which makes up a large percentage of his $1.4 million career winnings. This cash is Cajelais' first of 2009.

Robin Keston is England's second representative at this final table and despite being the short-stack with just 63,000 chips, could cause an upset. An experienced player, this his Keston's 11th WSOP cash, his most recent a 4th place finish in the $10,000 Pot-limit Omaha Event in Las Vegas this summer, good for $196,993. This is also his second WSOPE cash, having placed 7th in the 2008 Main Event.