Jeff Madsen Eliminated in 3rd Place (AU$40,000)
Jeff Madsen has been crippled and then eliminated in back-to-back Hold'em hands against Alexander Kostritsyn.
In the first hand Madsen check-called the whole way on a board of
. Madsen held just ace-high with 
but Kostritsyn had paired up with his dominated 
.Madsen was left with just 20,000 chips and he got them all in preflop next hand with
. Unfortunately for him he'd run into the 
of Kostritsyn. The board ran out 
and Kostritsyn takes out another one as Madsen hits the rail in 3rd place for AU$40,000 in prize money.