$1,500 PLO - Level Four
Jun 24, '08
Blinds/Antes: 100/200
Players Remaining: 351 of 720
Average Stack: 6,334
Chip Counts:
Stephen Graboski - 26,000
Randy Kaas - 14,200
Gavin Smith - 14,000
Martin "Dick" Corpuz - 13,200
George Danzer - 12,500
Eric Lynch - 12,400
Joe Hachem - 10,000
Jean-Robert Bellande - 10,000
Chip Jett - 10,000Brett Jungblut - 8,800
Big Hands:
Four-Way All In Pot Draws a Crowd
The spectators and media were buzzing around table No. 46 as a massive pot was brewing. Barny Boatman and Layne Flack, also at the table but not involved in the hand, looked on as several players put their tournament life at risk. With two players all in pre-flop, the two remaining active players saw a flop of J
10
8
. The first player put the other all in, and after serious deliberation the player called. All players turned over their hands:
Seat 1: 9
964
Seat 3: AKJ2
Seat 6: A952
Seat 8: AJ42
The final board: J101085
Seats 8 and 3 chopped the pot with the same high hand. Seat 6, who was all in pre-flop, was eliminated. Seat 1 had all the players covered, and took a large hit but remains alive.
Jeff Madsen Crippled By Three-Way All In Pot
The action continued to heat up in level 4 as many of the tournaments shorter stacks began to aggressively push all in. After one such player got all his chips in pre-flop from under-the-gun, Jeff Madsen and his opponent on the button remained active players on a flop of K85. Madsen put his remaining opponent all in and got a call. Madsen turned over KKA2 for a set of kings, and his opponent on the button turned over A763 for an open-ended straight draw and low draw. The opponent who was all in pre-flop turned over 7432.
The final board read: AK985
The button scooped the side pot with a straight and a low and split the main pot with the under-the-gun player’s nut low. Madsen was crippled and left the hand with only 975 in chips.
Mel Judah on the Brink of Elimination
In an already large pot, Mel Judah checked from the small blind when the 975 flop fell. The player in the cut-off checked, and the button bet 1,000. Both players called, and the Q appeared on the turn. Judah bet 4,000 and the cut-off moved all in for slightly more than Judah’s bet. The button folded, and Judah made the call. The hands were turned over:
Judah: 8643 (nut straight)
Opponent: AK92 (nut flush and nut low draw)
The 4 on the river completed both draws for his opponent, and Judah was left with less than 1,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Mel Judah, Gavin Smith, Stephen Graboski, Jeff Madsen, Randy Kaas, European Report
