With the board reading , there were two checks to Larry Wright who pushed out an oversized bet of 7,900 into the pot. The next player to act called and the two who checked folded their cards.
The turn was the and Wright moved out another stack of yellow t1,000 chips and black t100 chips. His opponent shrugged and announced that he was all in which was actually all in for Wright who only had about around 3,000 left behind after that bet. Wright called and showed for a turned flush and was killing his opponent's for a straight.
The fell on fifth street and completed the board, awarding Wright a double up. Wright made note to tell us that he was down to 2,100 at one point during the day and after some griding is currently sitting on about 45,000.
With the flop reading , Justin "Choctaw" Kruger led out for 1,500 only to find John Dolan raise the action to 4,000. The rest of the players folded and Kruger flat called the bet.
The turn was the and Kruger led out for 5,200. Dolan thought about his action for about a minute before opting to call. The board paired on the river when the hit and Kruger moved all in for about 17,000. Dolan quickly called and Kruger showed . Dolan, however, tabled for nines and fives with the ace kicker, sending Kruger to the rail.
Kruger talked with us afterward and informed us that he will indeed be firing a third bullet during Day 1c. Dolan, however, is sitting on one of the biggest stacks in the room today with 65,000 in chips.
During the last level we found 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker tweet the following:
CMONEYMAKER Chris MoneymakerLevel 6 at winstar stuck in neutral. Have moved off starting stack of 15k by more than 3k either way. Sitting in 14.5kAugust 31 2012
However, when we came across Moneymaker during this level, he had amassed what looked like many more chips than his starting stack. We saw him three-bet an opponent to an unknown amount from the small blind. His opponent called and the flop came . Moneymaker continued out with a bet of 2,400 and his opponent called.
The fell on fourth and Moneymaker's aggression continued as he put 4,200 into the center of the table. His opponent finally chose to let go of his hand and Moneymaker dragged in the pot.
It seems that after a stagnant day so far, Moneymaker has finally hit his rush as he is now sitting on about 27,000 after about 20 minutes into this level.