Madsen Misses Out On Big Opportunity

Kevin Taylor

When we walked up to Jeff Madsen's table, we saw that he was involved in a huge pot. We missed the action that led up to it, but here is what we gathered. Madsen was one of three players that saw a flop of {q-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {j-Diamonds} . The button was all in for 4,500 in chips, and Madsen, who was next to act, had 9100 chips out there, leading us to believe that he had raised. When we got to the table, his opponent had just pushed all in for 17,000 on top. Madsen, who had about 26,000, went deep into the tank. After 2-3 minutes of thought, Madsen reluctantly gave up his hand.

Opponent 1: {a-Hearts} {10-Clubs}
Button: {q-Spades} {10-Diamonds}

Madsen immediately shook his head in disbelief when he saw his opponents hand, and continued to shake his head as the turn and river came out {j-Clubs} {4-Hearts} . We have to assume that Madsen would at least won the giant side pot, but as it is, Madsen will have to make due with his current stack of 26,000, which is above the starting stack.