03-06-2010 15:08 UTC-12

Moneymaker Stumbles

[user75032]

"Perennial underdog" Chris Moneymaker (as hostess Leann Tweeden described him) has just relinquished the chip lead in his match by a piece of bad luck. He and opponent Erik Seidel were all in on a flop of {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{9-Diamonds}

{10-Clubs}

. Moneymaker had top pair with {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{2-Clubs}

, but Seidel flopped the joint with {Q-?}

{Q-?}

{J-?}

. The board blanked out {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

and

{9-Spades}

.

Seidel now has an approximately 4-to-1 chip lead in the match.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Erik Seidel