$600 Main Event Day 1B
Level 13: 1,200/2,400 with a 2,400 BB ante
Players Remaining: 95 of 364
Chris Moneymaker raises to 5,100 from under the gun and Charlie Ciresi calls from middle position. Brandon Carl moves all in out of the big blind for 23,600, Moneymaker snap-calls and Ciresi quickly folds.
It’s a race with Moneymaker’s [3h][3d] up against Carl’s [Kc][Qh].
The flop is [Ts][9s][5s], keeping Moneymaker in the lead, but giving Carl a gutshot straight draw. The turn is the [Js] and Carl makes his straight.
Moneymaker calls for another spade, which would put a flush on the board and chop the pot, but the [7d] comes on the river and the third-place finisher in the Thursday Thrilla doubles up. Moneymaker loses the pot, but is still one of the bigger stacks remaining.
Chris Moneymaker – 296,000
Brandon Carl – 54,500
