Chris Moneymaker and two other players were looking down at a board of . Moneymaker and the player to his left checked and the third player fired a bet of 2,500. Moneymaker called and the remaining player folded his hand.
The two were heads up to the turn and Moneymaker took control of the hand by moving 5,000 into the center. His opponent called and the river paired the board with the .
Moneymaker tossed out 11,000 and his opponent let out a sigh and and flung in a call.
"Trips," said Moneymaker, showing . His opponent was visibly frustrated and slapped his cards into the muck. Moneymaker, however, scooped the pot and padded his stack to about 75,000.
Moneymaker had a disappointing finish in Day 1b and has truly showed up to play today.
Our own Sarah Grant caught up with Chris earlier in the day so be sure to check out that interview here:
Day 1c drew 577 players and along with the 401 from Day 1a and 418 from Day 1b, the total field is set at 1,396 players.
We don't have the prize pool information just yet, but we do know that 141 places will be paid. The 41 players who survived Day 1a, along with the 42 from Day 1b, will be joined by the 58 players who survive Day 1c.
A short stack player opened the action by moving all in for 3,875 from under the gun plus one. Robert Salaburu three-bet to 9,500 and the rest of the table rapidly shot their hands into the muck.
Salaburu:
Opponent:
Salaburu's opponent picked up a flush draw on the flop of but did not get there on the turn and river. Salaburu is now sitting around 118,000 and further solidifying his position as the biggest stack in the room.
We caight up with the action after a flop of with about 4,500 in the pot and Paul Wasicka had already committed 2,200 post flop. He was now faced with a decision for his remaining 8,000-ish after his opponent put him to the test with a stack-covering raise.
After about 25 seconds, Wasicka called all in with and trailed his opponent's . The hit the turn to give Wasicka the lead, but the landed on the river to give Wasicka's opponent a flush to score the elimination.
Scotty Nguyen opened to 1,600 from under the gun and it folded all of the way around the table to the small blind. He tossed in a call and the big blind got out of the way. The flop came down and both players checked.
The turned and once again both players opted to checked their options. The completed the board and they both checked once again. Nguyen's opponent turned up for two pair and Nguyen mucked his hand. We haven't really seen much action out of the 1998 WSOP champion today and his stack is currently sitting at around 10,500.
. Moneymaker and the player to his left checked and the third player fired a bet of 2,500. Moneymaker called and the remaining player folded his hand.
turn and Moneymaker took control of the hand by moving 5,000 into the center. His opponent called and the river paired the board with the 
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. His opponent was visibly frustrated and slapped his cards into the muck. Moneymaker, however, scooped the pot and padded his stack to about 75,000.
board with about 10,000 in the pot, the bet was 5,150 to David "ODB" Baker who wasted little time in calling.
for a missed straight draw, while Baker took down the pot with 
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river. Salaburu is now sitting around 118,000 and further solidifying his position as the biggest stack in the room.
with about 4,500 in the pot and Paul Wasicka had already committed 2,200 post flop. He was now faced with a decision for his remaining 8,000-ish after his opponent put him to the test with a stack-covering raise.
and trailed his opponent's 
hit the turn to give Wasicka the lead, but the 
landed on the river to give Wasicka's opponent a flush to score the elimination.
for two pair and Nguyen mucked his hand. We haven't really seen much action out of the 1998 WSOP champion today and his stack is currently sitting at around 10,500.
