Chris Moneymaker's 2011 WSOP has come to a swift conclusion. After falling below 10,000 early, he had doubled back and looked as though he was starting to regain some momentum. Then he hit a couple of missteps again and was down to around 13,000 or so when his final hand took place.
Up against Carl Carlson and looking at a flop, Carlson managed to get Moneymaker to commit the last of his chips holding while Carlson had for a set of tens. The turn was the and river the , and halfway through Level 3 Moneymaker has hit the rail.
Just discovered in seat 8 on White 77 is former Olympic Gold medallist Audley Harrison. A keen poker player in his spare time, Harrison has been spotted playing in the WSOP several times in years gone by and this year has proved no exception as he's already increased his starting stack by around 50%.
What is in question is whether he'll be heading back into the boxing ring any time soon, as there hasn't been any indication of a future fight since he lost to David Haye in November last year. Ironically, as his prize, Haye fought Wladimir Klitschko for the Heavyweight Title just this last week and lost and now their are questions over his future career also.
An unknown player raised to 675 and received a call from the hijack. Action folded around to Gavin Smith in the small blind and he opted for a three-bet to 2,075. The original raised responded with a four-bet to 4,400, the cutoff folded, and Smith made the call.
Both players proceeded to check the flop, leading to the turn. Smith ended up check-calling a bet of 6,700, and did the same to the tune of 12,700 in the river. Smith showed , but it was no good against the of his opponent.
... we were able to pick up a sizeable hand between Nathan Amar and William Kassouf.
Kassouf raised to 750 before the flop and Ryan Moriarty called, as did Markus Ritt before Amar re-raised to 1,800. Kassouf called and Moriarty and Ritt got out of the way to make it heads-up to the flop of .
Kassouf check-called Amar's bet of 3,450 after the flop and did the same after Amar led out for 7,075 on the turn of the , but check-folded when Amar shoved on the river .
During the time it took to play that hand (which was a good four-and-a-half-minutes), we got a full round of feature table chip counts for you. You're welcome.
There's not really a way to say this more cleverly than this without getting ourselves in some trouble, so we'll just say it. There is a very attractive lady hanging out with the fellas at Table 367. We've been glancing at her all day trying to see if we could pull up the mental file and figure out who she is, and we've finally sorted it.
It's Krisztina Polgar, the Hungarian model and, apparently, poker player. Polgar knows her way around the poker table as well as she does around a magazine cover, and she has a five-figure cash on her record from a fourth-place showing in the $1,500 People's Poker Tour Main Event in her home country last year. Two years prior, she was too busy competing in the Miss Earth pageant as Hungary's representative. A woman of many talents.
A cash in this Main Event would bump Polgar easily into the Top 100 on Hungary's all-time money list, but she's got some work to do. She's got about 8,800 chips at the moment.
We found this hand on the river as Paul Pierce was leaning back in his chair. The board read and his opponent bet out 1,300. He sighed with all of his 6'7" frame and tossed in the call.
His opponent turned over for king high and Pierce tabled to take the pot. Pierce is up to 47,000.
Praz Bansi was in the small blind and found himself in a battle with the player in the big blind heads up. On the flop, Bansi checked and his opponent bet 1,000. Bansi called and the turn was quickly checked twiced. The river was also quickly checked twice and the opponent flipped over for the ace-high flush. Bansi mucked his hand and the dealer almost called the floor because he thought that the player had checked behind with the nuts. He realized, however, that technically would be the nuts which saved the player from a one round penalty.
With the board reading and around 5,000 already in the pot the small blind bet out 3,100 and received calls from both the under-the-gun player and Jimmy Fricke in the hijack. The river brought the and all three players opted to check.
The small blind showed his for a pair of kings but the under-the-gun player revealed his for two pair that turned into a rivered flush. Fricke mucked his hand and the pot was shipped to the player with the flush.
Earlier in the day, we gave you a quick look at some stats of the WSOP in the 1970s. Now that we're halfway through Level 3, we thought we'd move on to the next decade and have a look at the 1980s.
flop, Carlson managed to get Moneymaker to commit the last of his chips holding 
for a set of tens. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and halfway through Level 3 Moneymaker has hit the rail.
turn. Smith ended up check-calling a bet of 6,700, and did the same to the tune of 12,700 in the 
river. Smith showed 
of his opponent.
.
, but check-folded when Amar shoved on the river 
for king high and Pierce tabled 
was quickly checked twiced. The river 
for the ace-high flush. Bansi mucked his hand and the dealer almost called the floor because he thought that the player had checked behind with the nuts. He realized, however, that technically 
would be the nuts which saved the player from a one round penalty.
and all three players opted to check.
for two pair that turned into a rivered flush. Fricke mucked his hand and the pot was shipped to the player with the flush.
