01 Oct 08

WSOPE: 'Boosted J' Chip Leader After Day 3

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.

Rank 14 in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event of the current WSOPE is his biggest live success so far. This is now followed by the chip lead in the £10,000 Main Event - behind him players like Daniel Negreanu on rank 2 and John Juanda on rank 3. With a win, Smith would be able to climb up the ranks towards the really great ones.

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
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