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Jordan Morgan has been the most active player at his table today, and his chip stack is benefiting as a result. Moments ago, we found him tangled up in another sizable pot. Here's how it went down:
Morgan came in raising before the flop, and he was looked up by Aaron Hacker. The dealer burned and ran the first three community cards: . Hacker led out into the pot with a bet of 1,000. Morgan raised to 2,300, and Hacker called.
Fourth street brought the . Hacker slowed down now, allowing Morgan to put in a bet of 2,000, which was quickly called.
The last card off was the . Hacker grabbed the lead once again, firing out 3,500 chips. Morgan wasted little time calling, having plenty of chips to see the bet.
"I missed," came the disenchanted voice from the other end of the table as Hacker opened up his . Morgan turned over his , good enough to earn him the pot. With that, Morgan has chipped his way up just over the 35,000 mark.
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Jimmy Somerfeld asked that we give recognition to the hard working dealers here at Harrah's Tunica. Most have worked seventeen hour days, with very few breaks to bring the fantastic events of this circuit series. A big thank you goes out to those who keep the cards in the air.
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Chris Moneymaker - Eliminated
Chris Moneymaker opened the betting with a preflop raise to 575. Action passed around to Justin Truesdell, and he opted to reraise the world champion, putting out 1,700 chips. Moneymaker moved all in and Truesdell snap-called, having the pro covered.
Showdown:
Moneymaker:
Truesdell:
The flop was a big, dry desert for the amateur, but lightning struck on fourth street. A third jack peeled off, vaulting Truesdell into the lead. The river card failed to help Moneymaker improve, and he has been eliminated.
Chris Moneymaker showed up just a bit late for the start of action today, and it doesn't appear that he ever made it over his starting stack of 20,000. Within just a couple orbits, he was down under 10,000, and now he has been bad beaten out of his remaining stack. With a friendly, "Good luck," Moneymaker made his way away from his table and out towards the exit.
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Bill Edler's table was just broken and he has been moved over to table five. Table five also houses Jordan Morgan. Edler is slightly down with 14,000 remaining from his original 20k. Morgan has moved up steadily to 30,000 in chips.
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The Queen of Satellites
Jimmy Sommerfeld just recognized Nikki Ivey for overseeing 500 satellites here at this circuit series. Nikki is a regular on the floor staff both at WSOP Circuit Events and at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
She is affectionately known by some as the “Friendly Neighborhood Tournament Director.”
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Both Gavin Smith and Chris Moneymaker are running extremely low on chips. Smith is down to 6,500 and Moneymaker is down to 6,000. Both will need to win some pots or they wont make the next break.
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A player at table 22, seat eight was having a massage with his shirt mostly removed. The other players were clearly disturbed at the sight, but the massage therapist kept working on him.
Instead of complaining to the floor about the players lack of clothing, they did the next best thing; they busted him from the event.
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. Hacker led out into the pot with a bet of 1,000. Morgan raised to 2,300, and Hacker called.
. Hacker slowed down now, allowing Morgan to put in a bet of 2,000, which was quickly called.
. Hacker grabbed the lead once again, firing out 3,500 chips. Morgan wasted little time calling, having plenty of chips to see the bet.
. Morgan turned over his 
, good enough to earn him the pot. With that, Morgan has chipped his way up just over the 35,000 mark.
