09-27-2007 13:01 UTC

Moneymaker Storms into the Chiplead

[user22113]

Chris Moneymaker

In a very dramatic hand Chris Moneymaker has just taken out Norwegian Age Spets to win the largest pot of the tournament so far.

Spets opened pre-flop and Moneymaker called.

The flop was {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{7-Hearts}

{2-Diamonds}

and Spets bet 6,000, Moneymaker made minimum raise to 12,000 and Spets reraised him back to 24,000. Moneymaker thought for a while then moved all in and Spets called.

{A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{A-Spades}

for Spets

{2-Clubs}

{2-Spades}

and bottom set for Moneymaker

{2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

on the turn giving him quads and the former World Champion is now on a stack of approximately 140,000.