Phil Gordon raises from the cutoff to 1,200, and one player calls from a blind position. The flop comes


, his opponent checks, Gordon bets 2,600, and his opponent calls. The turn card pairs the board with the
, his opponent checks, Gordon bets 4,500, and his opponent calls. The river card is the
, and this is where the buffet bet comes into play. The player in the blind position decides to bet, picking up a few chips from each of the different denominations. This is a buffet bet -- a little of this, a few of these, and a couple of those. Altogether, it adds up to about 7,000.
The actual amount doesn't matter to Gordon, who quickly calls showing

. The buffet-style bettor mucks his card and loses a variety of his chips. Phil Gordon is up to about 44,000.

, face-up on the table.


and Nadell and his opponent chopped the pot. In the end, Amnon was pleased with his preflop fold.


, Chris Moneymaker took down a decent pot when he flipped up 
. His opponent mucked and Moneymaker took down the pot. A few hands later, the 2003 World Champion got maximum value from his 5-4 when he flopped a wheel and had his opponents calling to the river. Moneymaker won that hand as well and is now working with 40,000 in chips.

. The board brought no help to Clonie and she was eliminated from the tournament.



and his opponent has 
. Unbelievably, Filippi flops a flush and it holds up. He's at 75,000 and the player with the jacks is busted.
on a board of 


, middle player 
made a straight for two of the players.