In a limped pot, flopped, and Matt Mahek bet 8,500 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Rob Brown raised to 20,000 from the hijack. Back to Mahek, who moved all in. Brown snapped it off with , and he was way ahead of Mahek's
"Hold up!" he urged. That was a near-certainty with the set against one pair, and it became a lock when the gave him quads on the turn.
"I think it's holding up," Chris Moneymaker said dryly.
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Three players saw a flop, and everyone checked. Kent Bitzer bet 8,000 from the small blind on the turn, and Chris Moneymaker made it 22,000 from his left. Anatoly Podolsky folded, and Bitzer called. On the river, Bitzer checked and Moneymaker bet 40,000. After a couple of minutes, Bitzer slid in a call.
Moneymaker said he had two pair and showed , which was the winner.
According to the players at Alex Queen's old table, Jeremy Cline limped in from the small blind and then called Queen's shove with . Queen was racing with but couldn't overcome the pair.
Alex Queen opened for 9,000 and got a call from Ken Moore in the cutoff. In the big blind, Ethan Dolan shipped all in for 40,500 more, and Queen folded fairly quickly. Moore got the count and decided to call.
Moore:
Dolan:
The flop brought a set for Moore, but he was still in danger.
"I have outs," Dolan said with confidence.
He had 10 of them, but none appeared on the turn or river, and he was left shaking his head.
was in the window but 
followed to give Brown a flush draw.
was followed by a 
river.
flopped, and Matt Mahek bet 8,500 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Rob Brown raised to 20,000 from the hijack. Back to Mahek, who moved all in. Brown snapped it off with 
, and he was way ahead of Mahek's 
gave him quads on the turn.
river, Bitzer checked and Moneymaker bet 40,000. After a couple of minutes, Bitzer slid in a call.
, which was the winner.
arrived, leaving Shughart with one out. He didn't get there as the 
river hit, meaning the final 10 are combining on the bubble.
but couldn't overcome the pair.
