Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 0
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #2: £5,250 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£600,000
Entries
120
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Break Time Chip Counts
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000 | 70,000 |
|
435,000 | 85,000 |
|
400,000 | 50,000 |
|
295,000 | -35,000 |
Break Time Comes Around Again
Let's hope there aren't too many more of them.
Let's go and see what kind of carnage is going on outside in Leicester Square, shall we?
"Slam Dunk It!"
So shouted an odd-one-out railer who got a bit overexcited as Jeff Madsen moved in on a 
flop after calling a Joe Serock raise to 70k preflop. It was about 120k to call, and Serock just kept looking at his hand and moving the cards around and shaking his head, finally throwing his hand away.
"I found exactly the right flop!" softly exclaimed Madsen, although he didn't show his hand and we get the feeling that exactly the right flop was any that Serock didn't like.
Short Stack Label Removed from Madsen
Joe Serock raised under the gun and the very active short-stacked Jeff Madsen called in the big blind. They saw a flop.
Flop: 
Madsen checked and Serock bet 35,000. Madsen, most curiously, flat-called, with around six and a half big blinds behind. Intriguing.
Turn: 
Madsen checked again and this time the bet from Serock was 60,000. Madsen now pushed all in for an additional 73,000, and his face went back inside his t-shirt.
The tension while Serock tanked was broken for a moment by Mike Matusow shouting at Jeffrey Lisandro from up on the mezzanine. Everyone ignored him and Serock went back into his tank. Eventually he folded, and Madsen is no longer the short stack.
In fact all three players who are not Jeffrey Lisandro are roughly even, on between 300,000 and 350,000 apiece. Lisandro remains the chip daddy on around 600,000.
Madsen Looks For Next Double Spot
But doesn't seem to like any situation enough to commit more than a peek at the flop e.g. when Willie Tann raised the button (60k) and made the wavy-hand "All-in" motion on the 
flop which in this game signifies, "I bet pot." He passed there, and then the next hand gave big blind Joe Serock a walk.
"You got him so scared of you now," chuckle-heckled Willie Tann, referring to the couple of times there had been an unwanted reraise from Serock. "You're a big bully, you!" No comment from Serock, but a reluctant grin from Madsen.
John Racener Eliminated in 5th Place (£39,486)
Down to 140k, and John Racener wasn't wasting any time getting it in with a likely looking hand, potting it with 
when it folded to him and then following with the small remainder when Jeffrey Lisandro set him in with 
. The flop was very favorable to Racener: 
but ahead with two cards to come or not, by the time they came ( ) Lisandro's Kings were still the best hand and he busted Racener leaving us four-handed. Lisandro nudges back into the lead with 670,000.
Racener in Hot Water
Willie Tann made it a slightly-more-than-minimum 44,000 under the gun, and John Racener called from the big blind to see a 
flop. Racener bet out pot - 98,000 - and Tann flat-called.
The turn was the and this time Racener checked. Tann motioned All In with a wave of his hand, prompting some tankage from Racener. Eventually he folded, reduced to just 140,000 or seven big blinds. Tann's stack increased to over 500,000 and he is roughly tying with Jeffrey Lisandro for the chip lead.
Lisandro Re-Doubles to Over Half Mil Again
Having dwindled in stack recently, Jeffrey Lisandro just got it all back in one fell swoop from John Racener. Small blind Racener had made it 50k to go preflop, and Lisandro raised to 170k (leaving less than 100k behind). Racener opted for the flat call, but on the 
flop it was all-in-and-call as fast as is possible.
Racener: 
Lisandro: 
.
Racener's straight draw stayed just that over the turn and river and Lisandro's up over 500k once more.
Reinvigoration Short-Lived
No sooner had Jeff Madsen got out of the danger zone that he got right back in it, and is now the short stack once again on little more than 10 big blinds.
Madsen dropped 40,000 when he raised in position but had to fold to a reraise from John Racener in the small blind. Down to 240,000.
Madsen then attempted a 56,000 pot raise under the gun - but this time Joe Serock riffled a large stack of T1,000 chips until they fell over, and then made it 150,000 to go. Madsen's face disappeared back into the collar of his t-shirt again (what does he keep in there? We hypothesize that he just smells really nice) and when he emerged again, it was to fold his hand. Down to 190,000.
Next hand, Jeffrey Lisandro limped in the small blind and Madsen checked; they checked down the 
board until Lisandro took it down with a 30,000 bet on the river.
Madsen is now back at 170,000.