With the board showing and about 2,300 already in the pot, the first player to act checked, then Kathy Liebert unhesitatingly pushed out a bet of 1,500. Her opponent considered for a moment, then let it go.
Liebert has 4,600 here in the latter part of Level 2.
With around 1,500 in the pot and the board reading , Sorel Mizzi was faced with a 700-chip bet.
Taking his time to contemplate a decision, Mizzi raised it up to 2,300, only to have his opponent move all in for a further 400. Mizzi made the call and we were off to a showdown.
Mizzi:
Opponent:
With Mizzi needing a club to eliminate his opponent, he would unfortunately see the land on the river to send him down to 1,400 in chips.
Shortly after that last hand in which Nam Le slipped to 1,700, he was involved in another in which he (big blind) and another player (early position) had begun to build a pot preflop. The flop then came , and the pair got the rest of Le's chips in.
Le held for a diamond draw while his opponent had . No diamond, ace, or king came to save Le, and he became an early elimination.
With 575 in the pot, Chris Moneymaker fired out 325 after it was checked to him by two opponents on a flop of .
The first passed, but the second raised it enough to put Moneymaker all in. The 2005 WSOP Champion obliged for his last 825 and we were off to a showdown.
Moneymaker:
Opponent:
Unfortunately for Moneymaker he would be drawing dead when the landed on the turn before the meaningless peeled on the river.
"Good luck everyone!" he uttered as he quietly left the table.