Chris Moneymaker's First Orbit
Chris Moneymaker eventually found his way to his seat here on Day 1A of the Main Event and sat at a friendly table. The 2003 WSOP Main Event champion was warmly received, including by several players who said that they remembered following along all those years ago.
We stuck around to see how his first orbit went.
Hand 1 (HJ): The player in middle position raised to 1,200 and Chris Moneymaker called in the hijack. The button, small blind and big blind called too and the flop came 
. It checked to the initial raiser who bet 2,300 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 2 (MP): Moneymaker open-folded.
Hand 3 (EP): Moneymaker open-folded.
Hand 4 (UTG): Moneymaker raised to 1,200 from under the gun. The small blind and big blind called. The flop came 
. It checked to Moneymaker who bet 1,700. The small blind called and the big blind folded.
The turn was the 
. The small blind checked, and folded when Moneymaker bet 3,000.
Hand 5 (BB): A player in early position raised to 1,700. The cutoff three-bet to 4,000 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 6 (SB): The button raised to 1,100 and Moneymaker folded his small blind.
Hand 7 (BTN): A player raised to 1,500 from under the gun and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 8 (CO): The hijack raised to 1,100 and Moneymaker three-bet to 2,700 from the cutoff and the initial raiser folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000 | 29,000 |