Seven-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner Kyle Cartwright has reentered, and is seated with his friend and WSOP bracelet winner Jonathan Taylor.
Chris Koenen raised to 900 in middle position, Todd Bartlett called on the button, Chris Moneymaker called out of the small blind, and a player defended his big blind.
The dealer spread , both blinds checked, Koenen checked, and Bartlett fired out 2,000. Both blinds folded, Koenen check-raised to 4,700, and Bartlett called.
The turn was a third heart - the - and Koenen flipped out a tiny bet of 3,500.
"Good hand," Bartlett said, tossing his cards forward.
Koenen shrugged, picking his two cards off of the table to sweat them like a home-game hero, and Moneymaker urged him to show the bluff. He did, revealing .
"I like you," Moneymaker grinned.
Moneymaker is on a bit of a heater himself, and has 85,000 chips.
In a previous hand we reported, Shabtai Moria took a nice-sized pot off of John Longowa. It appears as if Moria later eliminated Longowa, as he has vanished and Moria's stack is right at 100,000.
Stuart Breakstone was eliminated with unknown action against Mark Fledderman, who now has 45,000 chips. Breakstone has reentered, and will try to run it up on his second bullet.
When we reached Table 35, the board was . Keith Brodie led out for 4,000 - what looked like a pot-sized bet - and Jerry Milanos called.
The completed the board, but before the card even hit the felt, Brodie was reaching for chips. He fired out 7,300, and Milanos took some time to assemble chips before calling.
Brodie showed for aces and fives, and was beside himself when Milanos tabled for a straight.
"Gotta be f***in kidding," Brodie spat.
He turned to a friend at a neighboring table.
"I just got my aces cracked," he yelled.
Milanos silently raked in the pot - he now has 44,000 chips - while Brodie was still boiling.
"Called all the way to the river," Brodie sighed, turning to Milanos. "You won't last long playing like that."
Shabtai Moria was first to act, and raised to 700. John Longowa re-raised on his direct left, making it 2,700 to go, and the action folded all the way back to Moria. He re-checked his cards, and tossed in enough chips to make the call.
The flop fell , Moria checked, and Longowa bet 3,500. Moria tanked for a bit, then tossed out a T5,000 chip, calling.
The turn was the , Moria check-called another bet of 7,000, and the completed the board.
For the first time, Moria led out, flicking 10,000 into the pot. Puzzled, Longowa went into the tank, and opted to flick his cards forward. Moria mucked the winning hand, and pulled in the pot.
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Keith Brodie raised to 750 in late position, Jack Skerston defended his big blind, and the flop fell . Skerston check-called a bet of 750, Brodie called, and the turn was the .
Skerston check-called another bet - this one was worth 1,400 - and the completed the board. Skerston knuckled, Brodie fired out 2,250, and Skerston called.
"I got the straight," Brodie said, rolling over for the wheel.