The PokerStars Blog tracked Chris Moneymaker at the start of the day, so head over there to find out how he got on as he made an action-packed start to his Day 2.
Andrew Earle opened for 7,300 and Kerry Jane Craigie in the next seat raised to 17,000. Action folded back round to Earle who moved all in for 90,100 and Craigie snapped him off.
Earle:
Craigie:
The board ran out
A queen on the flop shot Earle into the lead and he kept it to double up and leave Craigie on crumbs still some way from the money bubble.
Chris Moneymaker raised to 7,000 and Masoud Etemadiherisi raised to 15,000 on the button. Moneymaker called and the flop came . Moneymaker moved all in for around 50,000 and Etemadiherisi called.
Masoud Etemadiherisi:
Chris Moneymaker:
The turn was the , giving Moneymaker a straight, and the river was the , giving Moneymaker another straight.
Uh oh I got lucky! Cracked kings for a double once got short. #luckoftheirish @pokerstars
— Chris Moneymaker (@CMONEYMAKER)
Etemadiherisi was eliminated in the very next hand, with Moneymaker moving up to around 130,000 in chips.