Marty Zabib raised to 650 in the cutoff, Jonathan Hart three-bet to 1,150 on his left, and both blinds released. Zabib then put in a four-bet, making it 5,650 to go, and Hart tank-folded.
Marty Zabib opened to 650 from late position, Toby Mathews three-bet to 1,925 from the big blind, and Zabib moved all in for 14,650. Mathews called.
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Zabib was in great shape to double through, and his pocket rockets held up as the board rolled out . He is up to 29,500 chips, while Mathews fell to 23,000.
Jonathan Hart opened to 750 in the cutoff, Jason Mayfield three-bet to 2,000 on his direct left, and Toby Mathews cold-called out of the big blind. Hart got out of the way, the dealer spread , and both players checked.
The turn was the man with the ax (), and Mathews checked again. Mayfield fired out two more orange T1,000 chips, Mathews called, and the completed the board. Both players checked.
Mathews opened up for kings and jacks with an ace kicker, and Mayfield mucked his hand.
Chris Moneymaker, Gene Fletcher, Barry Schultz, and BJ McBrayer took a flop of . All four players committed another 1,700, and the turn was the . The action checked to Moneymaker on the button, he fired out 3,700, and only Fletcher called.
The completed the board, Fletcher checked, and Moneymaker reached into his stack. He silently flipped forward two grey T5,000 chips, making it 10,000 to go, and Fletcher instantly called.
The 2003 WSOP Main Event champ showed for the nut-flush, and Fletcher begrudgingly showed for a pair of tens.
Francis Anton got the rest of his chips in the middle on the river of a very coordinated board which gave Barry Schultz a straight with . Anton could not beat the straight with his two holdings, and his cards hit the muck and he exited.
Marty Zabib tossed out a pot-sized bet of 6,000 on a flop of , and Jamie Kizer moved all in for 12,775. Zabib called.
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Zabib was in rough shape, as a set of nines would give Kizer a ten-high straight, and he failed to hit a five or running nines as the turn and river bricked , respectively.
Kizer doubled, and here are counts from the table:
Marty Zabib raised to 550 in the cutoff seat, Jonathan Hart called on his direct left, and both blinds released.
The dealer fanned , Zabib led out for 700, and Hart made the call. The turn was the prettiest card in the deck - the - and Zabib opted to check. Hart took the opportunity to fire out 1,700, and Zabib folded.
We're unsure exactly what happened, but when we arrived at the table Russ Head was collecting his things and exiting for a second time. Chris Moneymaker was pulling the pot in with in front of him on a board of , and Head's hand was already mucked.