Event #48: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Jeff Madsen raised to 50,000 out of the cutoff seat, and Gary Kosakowski called on the button. Everyone else folded, and the flop came down    . Madsen checked, Kosakowski bet 50,000, and Madsen check-raised to 186,000. Kosakowski tanked and then moved all in for 281,000, and Madsen called.

Madsen showed the      for a pair of fours and the nut low draw. Kosakowski had the      for a pair of threes and a worse low draw.

The turn and river were the   and   to put trip jacks on board and give Kosakowski a full house using the two threes in his hand. There was no low, so he scooped the entire pot and doubled up.

Jeff Madsen	1,280,000	-235,000
Gary Kosakowski	698,000	379,000

Three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Jeff Madsen just increased his chip lead and now has 1.34 million in chips.

In a four-way limped pot on the     flop, Tyler Patterson checked from the small blind, Cody Crawford checked from the big blind, Scott Clements checked from under the gun, and then Jeff Madsen bet 75,000. Following folds from Patterson and Crawford, Clements called.

The turn was the  , and both players checked to see the   land on the river. Clements checked, Madsen fired 203,000, and Clements folded.

Jeff Madsen	1,340,000	150,000
Tyler Patterson	897,000	-74,000
Cody Crawford	780,000	-28,000
Scott Clements	630,000	-110,000

Jeff Madsen raised to 50,000 from the first position, Tom Schneider called from the cutoff seat, Cody Crawford called from the small blind, and then Scott Clements raised the pot to 250,000 from the big blind. After Madsen and Schneider folded, Crawford reraised all in for 354,000 total. Clements called.

Clements:     
Crawford:     

The flop came down    , and that was followed by the   on the turn. The river paired the board with the   and gave Crawford trip fours. Crawford also had the better low with his eight-three, and he scooped the entire pot to double through Clements and moved to over 800,000 in chips.

Cody Crawford	808,000	399,000
Scott Clements	740,000	-388,000

Bracelet winner Derek Raymond was just eliminated in seventh place.

To start this hand, Raymond limped in from early position, Scott Clements limped in from the hijack seat, Jeff Madsen called from the cutoff seat, Tom Schneider completed the bet from the small blind, and Tyler Patterson checked his option in the big blind.

From there, the flop came down    , and Schneider led with a pot-sized bet of 100,000. Patterson folded, Raymond called, Clements folded, and then Madsen raised the pot to 500,000. Schneider called all in for 357,000, and Raymond reraised all in for a little under 600,000. Madsen called the extra bit from Raymond's shove, and the card were tabled.

Madsen:     
Raymond:     
Schneider:     

Both Madsen and Schneider had flopped the nut straight with jack-eight in their hands. Raymond, on the other hand, had flopped a pair of nines along with the nut flush draw and the backdoor nut low draw.

The turn was the  , pairing the board and keeping both Madsen and Schneider in front. After the river delivered the  , Raymond was left wanting and his quest for his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet came to an end.

Madsen, the three-time WSOP bracelet winner, and Schneider, the four-time WSOP bracelet winner, chopped up the main pot with jack-high straights, and then Madsen took the remainder of Raymond's stack and added it to his.

Jeff Madsen	1,300,000	339,000
Tom Schneider	520,000	115,000
Derek Raymond	0	-575,000

Gary Kosakowski raised to 70,000 from the hijack seat, and Cody Crawford reraised to 120,000 from the small blind. Kosakowski moved all in for 127,000 total, and Crawford called.

Crawford had the     , and Kosakowski had the     .

The       board gave Kosakowski both the high and the low with two pair and ace-deuce, and he doubled up.

Cody Crawford	390,000	-155,000
Gary Kosakowski	274,000	152,000

Tom Schneider made it 45,000 to go from under-the-gun. Jeff Madsen was the only caller, acting out of the small blind, and the flop came down    . Madsen checked, and Schneider bet 80,000. Madsen called.

On the turn, the dealer added the   to the board. After Madsen checked over to Schneider, the four-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner bet 270,000. Madsen tanked for a little bit, then folded, and Schneider won the pot.

Tom Schneider	805,000	155,000
Jeff Madsen	300,000	-150,000

Derek Raymond opened to 62,000 from under the gun, and Tom Schneider called on the button before the dealer fanned out the     flop. Both players checked, and then they both checked the   that paired the board on the turn.

After the   fell on the river, Raymond check-called a bet of 62,000 from Schneider.

Schneider showed the     , and Raymond mucked his hand.

Derek Raymond	655,000	654,177
Tom Schneider	650,000	195,000

Gary Kosakowski limped in from under the gun, Tom Schneider limped in from the next seat, J.R. Flournoy called from the button, Scott Clements called from the small blind, and Jeff Madsen checked his option in the big blind before the flop came down    .

Action checked around, and the turn was the  . Clements checked, Madsen bet 36,000, Kosakowski folded, Schneider called, Flournoy folded, and Clements folded.

The river was the   to complete the board, and Madsen bet 52,000. Schneider called.

Madsen said he had "king-seven" for trip sevens, but that lost to Schneider's      for a straight.

Tom Schneider	455,000	101,000
Jeff Madsen	450,000	-130,000