Keith Lehr Looking Good
Chris Moore and Keith Lehr each had a little over 500,000 when the following hand took place.
Action folded to Moore who raised to 41,000 on the button, then Lehr raised to 124,000 from the big blind. Moore made the call. The flop came , Lehr bet 88,000, and Moore called. The turn was the , and Lehr announced he was all in. Moore thought a short while, then made the call.
Lehr turned over , while Moore had for just a pair of tens. The river was the , and Lehr claimed the huge pot. Moore, meanwhile, had fallen to 20,000, and on the next hand was eliminated in 40th place.
"You must look really stupid," said Matt Glantz to Lehr afterwards. Looks pretty good at the moment, too, with that stack of 1.08 million in front of him.
As players get closer and closer to the bubble, there is a lot of three betting preflop to take down pots. Dani Stern recently did it to David Chiu as did Alan Sass to Sami Kelopuro.
In addition, the amount of flops seen by players has lessened, along with much less post-flop action.
Can't win a race...
Tony G opened from late position and Chris Moneymaker moved all in behind him.
"Here, take them!" said Tony as he flung a call into the pot and turned up . Moneymaker revealed .
The flop looked good for Moneymaker, coming down but the spiked on the turn, giving the overwhelming lead to Tony G. The river was the and the G raked in the pot.
"Yeah baby. Feel the powah!" he quipped.
"You are blessed," replied Moneymaker as he departed the table to take a tilt-walk.
Tony G is now up to 830,000 while Moneymaker is down to 230,000.
Humberto Brenes has just been eliminated by Greg Raymer. Brenes was all in with against Raymer's , and the board of meant Brenes had finished in 39th place.
Raymer currently still holds the chip lead with 1.42 million.
Ted Forrest made it 55,000 to go from the small blind and Noah Schwartz came over the top with a reraise to 361,000 from the big blind, leaving himself only 78,000 behind. Forrest flat-called and they saw a flop of . Forrest checked, Schwartz bet his remaining 78K, and Forrest called.
Schwartz
Forrest
The turn was the ,the river was the and Schwartz doubled to 980,000. Forrest was left with 580,000.
Chris Moneymaker raised to 43,000 from middle position, then Ted Forrest reraised to 150,000 behind him. It folded back around, and Moneymaker pushed all in for a total of about 200,000. Forrest quickly called.
Moneymaker
Forrest
As soon as he saw Forrest's cards, a disgusted Moneymaker started walking away from the table even before the flop was dealt. Forrest moved to stop him, but was stopped himself by the flop -- . Both players had flopped sets, a development that might've only added further insult to injury for Moneymaker.
The turn was the and the river the , and after starting the day second in chips, Moneymaker goes out ten spots shy of the money in 38th.
Forrest is still stacking his chips, but it appears he now has about 900,000.
Fossilman= your new chip leader
Neil Chriss led off the action with a preflop raise, Greg Raymer flat-called from late position, and Steve Zolotow reraised an additional 100,000. Chriss called the reraise, but Raymer came back over the top with a four-bet all in. Zolotow called off his remaining 670,000 and Chriss folded.
Zolotow
Raymer
The flop was promising for Zolotow, coming down but the hit the turn, giving the lead to Raymer. The river was another deuce and "Fossilman" raked in the massive pot while Zolotow hit the rail in 37th place.
Raymer's stack is now up to 2,270,000 and he is the chip leader by a mile.
J.C. Tran raised to 42,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Clark Hamagami who reraised all in from the cutoff for 185,000. Tran called, turning over . Clark tabled .
The board came , and Clark's rockets had held. Clark chips up to 510,000, while Tran moves back down to 320,000.
, Lehr bet 88,000, and Moore called. The turn was the 
, and Lehr announced he was all in. Moore thought a short while, then made the call.
, while Moore had 
for just a pair of tens. The river was the 
, and Lehr claimed the huge pot. Moore, meanwhile, had fallen to 20,000, and on the next hand was eliminated in 40th place.
. Moneymaker revealed 
. 
but the 
spiked on the turn, giving the overwhelming lead to Tony G. The river was the 
against Raymer's 
meant Brenes had finished in 39th place.
. Forrest checked, Schwartz bet his remaining 78K, and Forrest called. 
,the river was the 
and Schwartz doubled to 980,000. Forrest was left with 580,000.
. Both players had flopped sets, a development that might've only added further insult to injury for Moneymaker.
and the river the 
, and after starting the day second in chips, Moneymaker goes out ten spots shy of the money in 38th.
. Clark tabled 
, and Clark's rockets had held. Clark chips up to 510,000, while Tran moves back down to 320,000.
