WSOPE: 'Boosted J' Chip Leader After Day 3
Published on 01 Oct 08 12:40 by Drakhor
Online prodigy Justin 'Boosted J' Smith from the United States finished on top of the field in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in London yesterday.
Justin Smith in the Chip Lead
Smith, born in 1988 in Hartford, Connecticut, is not even allowed yet to enter a casino in the USA with his 20 years, but quite a few people already know about him. Already over a year ago, you were able to see the up-and-coming player at the highest limits on a regular basis, including the $1k/$2k H.O.R.S.E games on Full Tilt.
WSOPE ME 2008
Period of time:
27.09. - 02.10.
Buy-in:
£10,000
Participants:
363
Prize pool:
£3,630,000
Money ranks:
36
Prize money rank 1:
£868,800
However, it is still quite a way to get there. Besides Negreanu and Juanda, other players are still in the race like Philippe Rouas, Brian 'sbrugby' Townsend, Soren
Kongsgaard, Brandon Adams, Andy Bloch, Scott Fischman, Erik Seidel and
Mike Matusow amongst others.No Luck for our Coach
Yesterday was not really successful for our community. Coach Florian '
Morgoth' Langmann already had to clear his seat shortly after Day 3 kicked off.After a raise by James Keys, Florian pushed all-in with
as a short stack. Keys called with 
and already hit his pair on the flop of 
. Turn and river didn't change anything, and Florian had to join the rails. His comment about the hand: 
It sucks that the guy had to make such a bad call with JTo. No matter how you look at it, he doesn't get the correct odds. On the other side, it is of course not such a big deal for him. Oh well, let's hope I'll do better at the EPT!Today Day 4 in the Empire Casino
Today at midday, Day 4 of the tournament started in the Empire Casino. It is planned to reduce the field to the final table. Tomorrow, the winner will be determined.| WSOPE 2008 £10,000 Main Event Empire Casino London |
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| Rank |
Name | Chips |
| 1 |
Justin 'BoostedJ' Smith |
650,000 |
| 2 |
Daniel Negreanu |
610,000 |
| 3 |
John Juanda |
580,000 |
| 4 |
Johnny Lodden |
412,000 |
| 5 |
Bengt Sonnert |
410,000 |
| 6 |
Philippe Rouas |
390,000 |
| 7 |
Ivan Demidov |
362,000 |
| 8 |
Brian 'sbrugby' Townsend |
355,000 |
| 9 |
Soren Kongsgaard |
316,000 |
| 10 |
Brandon Adams |
309,000 |
| 12 |
Toni Hiltunen |
308,000 |
| 13 |
Andy Bloch |
301,000 |
| 14 |
Scott Fischman |
265,000 |
| 15 |
Talal Shakerchi |
263,000 |
| 16 |
Perttu Bergius | 240,000 |
| 17 |
Stanislav Alekhin |
225,000 |
| 18 |
Chris Elliott |
170,000 |
| 19 |
Peter Neff |
155,000 |
| 20 |
Erik Seidel |
133,000 |
| 21 |
Mike Matusow |
125,000 |
| 22 |
Mel Judah |
115,000 |
| 23 |
Kim-Andre Torsvik |
108,500 |
| 24 |
Tim West |
86,000 |
SonicXT, 01 Oct 08 23:08