Moneymaker Busts Kuhn and Breaks a Million
With about 200,000 in the pot and a board of 
, Chris Moneymaker bet 115,000 in the small blind and Robert Kuhn was in middle position contemplating his decision. He eventually called.
The 
completed the board and Moneymaker slid out a stack of green chips, enough to put Kuhn all-in for his remaining stack of roughly 180,000. Kuhn tanked for several minutes and faced the additional pressure of multiple television cameras waiting on his action. He appeared to even shake his head and chuckle at times. Ultimately, he put in the chips.
"Two pair," Moneymaker said as he turned over 
. Kuhn could only show 
and took his exit from the table.
"I wanted to slow roll the sh-- out of him but I can't do that in the main event," Moneymaker said after mentioning they joked earlier about slow rolling each other. Moneymaker also remarked that they have a lot of history playing together that could've influenced Kuhn's decision.
At the end of it, Kuhn was sent to the rail, and the 2003 Main Event champion now sits as one of the top players on the leaderboard with a comfy stack of over one million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
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Busted | |
and Bryne shoved 85,500. Neiman went deep into the tank for several minutes. 
for the flush. Neiman showed 
for the disappointing smaller flush and Bryne scored a big Day 3 double.
and called a raise to 89,000 from Outhred. Outhred led out with a bet of 80,000 on the
river. Suyat moved all-in for just under 200,000 and Outhred entered the tank. 
and Nguyen checked. Fujiike fired 100,000 and Nguyen tanked.
for a pair. Nguyen turned over 
on the board, Jason Koon bet 10,000 from the big blind. A player in middle position tanked briefly before folding. 
flop, D'Ambrosio check-called a bet and did so again for 25,000 on the 
river completed the board and D'Ambrosio checked once more.
of D'Ambrosio were tabled for 30 seconds before he turned them back over. Eventually, he called all-in and Prydvor tabled the 
as the winning hand to send D'Ambrosio to the rail.
flop and remained ahead on the 
, a player in the hijack checked and Frank Funaro bet 51,000. The hijack player thought about it and called.
