Little Big Man
After two players limped in before him, Timothy Little opted to raise the action holding the button. Next to act, Chris Moneymaker decided to three-bet and put the pressure back on Little and his suspected squeeze play.
Little decided to flat with 
and the flop came down 
to give him an open-ended straight draw. Moneymaker c-bet the flop and Little flatted once more to take a trip down fourth street.
Turn: 
With that, Little's gin card had arrived as he made the nut straight. Moneymaker moved a pile of chips into the middle to effectively force Little all in if he called, and call he did with the stone cold nuts.
Moneymaker tabled 
, but despite holding the best preflop hand in Hold'em, he was drawing dead heading to the river.
With the loss, Moneymaker's previously chip-leading stack dropped back down to the average mark, while Little chipped up to put himself in position for another deep run here at the HPO Charles Town stop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
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51,500
22,000
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22,000 |