Just as Level 19 was coming to a close, Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton became the fourth elimination of the first hour today after losing the last of his stack to chip leader Jeff Madsen.
Sexton's final hand began with the "Ambassador of Poker" raising to 18,000 from under the gun and getting three callers in Madsen (middle position), Isaac Hagerling (button), and Scott Clements (big blind). The flop came and after Clements checked, Sexton bet 60,000.
Madsen sat for about a half-minute in his characteristic pose, riffling his chips with his right hand while his left hand rested on his opposite shoulder, then raised to 175,000. The bet forced both Hagerling and Clements to release their hands, then forced Sexton into a couple of minutes' worth of contemplation over whether or not to commit his final 85,000 or so.
Finally Sexton called, asking "You got a set?" "Yes," said Madsen as he turned over for three kings. Sexton showed his and began calculating what sort of runner-runner combination might save him. The on the turn provided the first step toward one of those possibilities, but the river was the and Sexton is out.
Ashton Griffin led out for 60,000 on a flop of . After a minute of contemplation, Jarred Solomon raised the pot, Griffin quickly announced all in (effectively 221,000), and Solomon immediately called.
Griffin:
Solomon:
Griffin had a pair, a flush draw, and backdoor straight outs, while Solomon had top two along with one of Griffin's diamonds.
The on the turn kept one of Griffin's backdoor straight draws alive - an eight would give him a ten-high straight - but Griffin didn't make a straight when the completed the board, he made a flush.
"Good luck," Solomon said, standing from the table.
He exited in 17th, while Griffin now has 560,000 chips.
Christian Harder opened for 16,000 from the cutoff seat and got a single caller in William Black playing out of the small blind. The flop came and Black led with a bet of 35,000. Harder responded with a raise to 145,000, and after pausing just a few beats Black called the raise.
The turn brought the to pair the board, and Black quickly pushed his remaining 120,000 or so in the middle. It was more than what Harder had left and he called. The pair tabled their cards to reveal Harder held for a Broadway wrap and a flush draw, but he was in tough shape as Black held for a full house.
Harder actually had a couple of shots at a straight flush to survive, but the river was the and he exited in 18th.
Scott Clements opened to 19,000 from under the gun and Ashton Griffin made the call before Steven Loube moved all in from the big blind for roughly 80,000 after doubling on the first hand of the day against Mike Sexton. Clements re-potted and Griffin tossed his cards to the muck.
Clements:
Loube:
The flop connected with Clements and gave Loube only backdoor outs to a flush, straight or trips, and when the came on the turn, he would be drawing dead as the completed the board on the river to send him out in 19th.
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino and the 2013 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of the Event #35: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha!
640 players took to the felt to play this four-card game full of wraps, rundowns and counterfeits several days ago, and now just 19 individuals remain looking to capture the gold bracelet and $384,420 first prize.
Already guaranteed $11,915 in prize money, the likes of Christian Harder (230,000), Mike Sexton (242,000), Jarred Solomon (259,000), Jason DeWitt (344,000), Ashton Griffin (352,000) and Scott Clements (534,000) all outlasted Tom Schneider (60th), Jared Bleznick (31st), Andrey Pateychuk (30th), Steve Sung (29th), Phil Hellmuth (26th), Jonathan Duhamel (24th) and Will Failla (23rd) who all fell to the rail before the close of play.
However the remaining players are all chasing two-time bracelet winner and 2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen who bagged an impressive 922,000 in the wee hours of the morning. Madsen - who has one cash this series - has now locked up his 29th WSOP cash and will be looking at improving on his previous best Pot-Limit Omaha result which was a 4th place at the 2010 WSOP Europe £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event for £52,542.
The remaining 19 players will line-up as follows today:
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
446
1
empty
--
446
2
Isaac Hagerling
440,000
446
3
Ashton Griffin
352,000
446
4
empty
--
446
5
Mike Sexton
242,000
446
6
Steven Loube
37,000
446
7
empty
—
446
8
Scott Clements
534,000
446
9
William Black
418,000
447
1
Douglas Corning
135,000
447
2
empty
--
447
3
empty
--
447
4
Anthony Zinno
406,000
447
5
empty
--
447
6
Michal Maryska
295,000
447
7
Brian Alioa
41,000
447
8
[Removed:424]
305,000
447
9
Ali Lareybi
132,000
452
1
empty
--
452
2
Jason DeWitt
344,000
452
3
Christian Harder
230,000
452
4
Danny Hannawa
190,000
452
5
Jarred Solomon
259,000
452
6
Ryan Chapman
273,000
452
7
empty
--
452
8
Jeff Madsen
922,000
452
9
Joni Jouhkimainen
174,000
Play is set to begin at 2:00 p.m. local time with the final 19 playing down until the newest WSOP gold bracelet holder is crowned. Make sure to join the PokerNews live reporting team as we provide continuous live updates of every flush draw, wrap and unlucky river live from the Amazon Room at the 2013 World Series of Poker!
and after Clements checked, Sexton bet 60,000.
for three kings. Sexton showed his 
and began calculating what sort of runner-runner combination might save him. The 
on the turn provided the first step toward one of those possibilities, but the river was the 
and Sexton is out.
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. After a minute of contemplation, Jarred Solomon raised the pot, Griffin quickly announced all in (effectively 221,000), and Solomon immediately called.
on the turn kept one of Griffin's backdoor straight draws alive - an eight would give him a ten-high straight - but Griffin didn't make a straight when the 
for a Broadway wrap and a flush draw, but he was in tough shape as Black held 
for a full house.
and he exited in 18th.
flop connected with Clements and gave Loube only backdoor outs to a flush, straight or trips, and when the 
completed the board on the river to send him out in 19th.
