Moneymaker Pushes Back

Chris Moneymaker has been a target all day long. When he's not getting called down to the river by his opponents, they have been coming over the top and bullying him around. He finally made a stand.

One local player limped for 600 from UTG. Moneymaker raised to 2,300 from the button. The player from UTG reached down and grabbed a handful of 1,000 chips and tossed them across the betting line. Moneymaker asked for an exact account. His opponent had limp/re-raised to 6,600 total. Moneymaker went into the tank for a couple of minutes. He counted out 4,000 in chips from his stack and then paused before he pushed all in for his entire stack with over 15,000. A camera crew rushed over to film the action as a group of media and players from adjacent tables circled the table. The local player sat idle for a few minutes before he shook his head. He flashed a {10-Spades}