That Other Player of the Year
Jeff Madsen is still seated to Tom Schneider's left, as he has been for several hours. Madsen's stack is back up to 130,000 after a recent heads-up pot. Madsen bet and then three-bet a flop of . His sole opponent called the three-bet, then called another bet on the turn. Both players checked the river.
"Just one pair of fours," said Madsen's opponent. He showed . Madsen tabled for a pair of queens to collect the pot and increase his count to 130,000.