Jeff Madsen has had his fair share of success at the World Series of Poker. The young man from California has three WSOP gold bracelets, 32 cashes, and won the 2006 WSOP Player of the Year award. Entering the third day of play in Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em, Madsen has the chip lead with 661,000 in his stack, and has set himself in prime position for bracelet number four.
While Madsen headlines the event, the rest of the pack is one of the toughest of the year. Brian Yoon, Josh Arieh, Sam Stein, and Eric Froehlich all hold gold bracelets, with Arieh and Froehlich holding two each. Then there's Sam Trickett, Nick Grippo, David Peters, Sylvain Loosli, Tony Cousineau, Ravi Raghavan, Dan Smith, and Olivier Busquet also in the field. Busquet is the shortest stack returning, but if he's able to run up a stack, anything could happen.
There are 23 players remaining from the original starting field of 550, and all have locked up a minimum of $18,095. To most of these players, that money doesn't mean a thing, as it's all about the $633,341 top prize and the gold bracelet.
Play is scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. local time, and PokerNews will be your one-stop shop for live coverage of this event and the entire 2014 WSOP.
Meanwhile, as you wait for the action to start, test your knowledge of how the 2014 WSOP has gone thus far with some trivia questions:
From the cutoff seat, Sam Stein raised all in for a little over 200,000. Ardit Kurshumi reraised all in from the small blind to isolate. Stein had the , and Kurshumi had the .
Dan Smith opened with a raise to 36,000 from the hijack seat, and David Peters reraised all in for 265,000 or so out of the big blind. Smith called and revealed the . Peters had the .
The flop, turn, and river kept Smith in front with the board, and Peters was out the door in 12th place. He earned $33,734.
Matt Glantz joins the crew at the top of the show to talk about the World Series of Poker schedule, cash game dynamics, the Parx Poker Room, and crumbling vs. crumpling. In the second half the team discusses a bevy of topics, including Joe Cada's win, the Dutch Boyd drama surrounding his third win, what it takes to be an ambassador, and much more.
Brian Yoon raised to 32,000 from the cutoff seat, and Sam Trickett reraised all in for 130,000 out of the small blind. Yoon called with the . Trickett had the .
The board gave Yoon trip aces, and Trickett was eliminated.
Timo Pfutzenreuter raised to 32,000 from the cutoff seat, Josh Arieh called from the small blind, and Justin Kindred reraised all in for about 310,000 from the big blind. After Pfutzenreuter folded, Arieh called with the . Kindred had the .
The board gave Arieh the win and sent Kindred out the door in 10th place.
From early position, Nick Grippo raised to 32,000 and Josh Bergman reraised all in for around 310,000 effectively. Grippo snapped with the and was ahead of Bergman's .
The flop came down , and Grippo stayed in front. The turn was the , and the river delivered the . With that river, Bergman smashed a set of queens to win the pot and sent Grippo to the rail in ninth place.
Hand #6: Brian Yoon raised to 40,000 out of the small blind, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Josh Arieh raised to 33,000 in early position, Ardit Kurshumi three-bet to 82,000 on his direct left, and no one called.
Hand #8: Yoon raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #9: Josh Bergman raised to 40,000 out of the small blind, Arieh three-bet to 96,000 in the big blind, and Bergman folded.
Hand #10: Yoon raised to 35,000 in middle position, Kanit three-bet to 93,000 in the hijack, and Bergman cold four-bet to 151,000 on the button. There was a little bit of confusion as to what the amount of the four-bet should be - Bergman put out less than a legal raise - and the amount was eventually determined.
Yoon quickly folded, Kanit five-bet to 285,000, and Bergman moved all in for 795,000. Kanit snap-called.
Bergman:
Kanit:
Bergman was once again trailing with queens against kings, but he flopped a set when the dealer fanned . He improved to quads with the case-queen () on the turn, and a meaningless completed the board.
Hand #43: Brian Yoon raised to 50,000 in early position, Tony Cousineau moved all in for 293,000 out of the big blind, and Yoon called.
Yoon:
Cousineau:
The flop gave both players a straight draw, but the on the turn ended it, giving Yoon Broadway. A meaningless completed the board, and Cousineau was eliminated.
Hand #49: Mustapha Kanit moved all in for 285,000 in the cutoff, and Timo Pfutzenreuter called all-in for 259,000 on the button.
Kanit:
Pfutzenreuter:
Pfutzenreuter was in rough shape after the flop fell and the on the turn was all she wrote. The river completed the board and Pfutzenreuter was eliminated in seventh place.
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board, and Peters was out the door in 12th place. He earned $33,734.
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flop gave both players a straight draw, but the 
on the turn ended it, giving Yoon Broadway. A meaningless 
completed the board, and Cousineau was eliminated.
river completed the board and Pfutzenreuter was eliminated in seventh place.
