Chris Moneymaker (WSOP Rematches) Goes Bust Early in Day 1 Action
We stopped by Chris Moneymaker's former table to check on his chip count, but the players there informed us that the former Main Event champion had made an unceremonious exit. Apparently Moneymaker's fatal hand occurred against Jeremy Burleson just before the dinner break.
After Burleson min-raised to 400, Moneymaker three-bet to 1,200 from the small blind. Burleson decided to four-bet to 2,800 and the man who birthed the poker boom decided to shove the rest of his 11,000 or so into the middle. Burleson snap-called with his and hoped the bracelet winner didn't have the aces or kings he was representing. Fortunately for Burleson, Moneymaker was trying to use his image to pull of a bluff, as he held just .
The board offered no help and Moneymaker will have to wait for the next one to earn a second WSOP bracelet.
A player under the gun opened with a raise, and it folded around to David Singer in the big blind. He paused amid enjoying a tin full of pasta, and with his free hand called the raise. The flop came single-suited -- -- and Singer checked. His neighbor continued with a bet, and Singer called.
The turn was the . Singer again checked, and this time the UTG player bet 2,200. Singer sat holding his plate in his left hand while gathering chips in right, looking for a response as he did. Finally he pushed his cards away and resumed his meal.
Singer has been satisfying a hunger for chips today thus far as well, having built a stack of 19,800 at present.
Freddy Deeb called from the cutoff position and the player in the big blind raised to 1,000. Deeb made the call. The flop ran out .
The player in the big blind checked and Deeb made it 1,900 to go. His opponent moved all in and Deeb made the call to put himself at risk of elimination.
Deeb:
Opponent:
The turn brought the and the hit on the river to send Deeb to the rail.
"If an ace comes I'm not folding ace-queen."
"Oh my God! I folded pocket threes!"
"I tried to trap and I trapped myself. I mean you sit here about two hours and you don't win a pot, you get bored...."
A player in middle position opened with a raise, and Daniel Makowsky defended his big blind. The flop came . Makowsky checked, the raiser continued for 900, and Makowsky called. Both players then checked the turn.
The river brought the and another check from Makowsky. His opponent hesitated, then checked behind. Makowsky tabled for a pair of jacks, and with some frustration his opponent showed his .
"I'm not going anywhere," said Makowsky across the table. He now has about 40,000, one of the larger stacks in the room at present.
Although we missed the preflop betting, we saw that Shayne Khanna and two other players were all in.
Khanna:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:
Khanna looked poised to knock both the other players out until the flop came giving one of the other players two pair and the lead. The turn of the gave Khanna an open-ended straight draw, and the on the river completed his straight sending the other players to the rail.
Khanna's stack was at an impressive 40,000 after the hand.
Phil Hellmuth (Event # 40) Looking to Make Some Moves On Day 1 of the $1,000 NLH Tourney
With the 2011 edition of the WSOP becoming a showcase for Phil Hellmuth to show of his non-Hold'em bona fides, we thought we'd let you know he's faring in the game that made him a household name.
Although his table has been broken at least twice, forcing Hellmuth to retune his famous reading abilities to a new group of players, he now sits with 7,500 chips. While his stack is a bit below the average at this point in Day 1, with Hellmuth's patient style and sound strategy, he is by no means short-stacked.
We watched one player raise to 650 from early position and Clinton Alford reraise all-in for his last 3,450 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff also decided to move all-in and the original raiser got out of the way.
Showdown:
Alford:
Opponent:
With big slick against a pocket pair, the players found themselves in the classic race situation. The flop of was a good one for Alford and the on the turn kept him in the lead. After the arrived on the river, his pair of nines had held up for the double.
A short-stacked player in middle position pushed all in and it folded around to the player in the big blind who made the call. The caller tabled his hand -- -- then stood to get a look at his opponent's .
"Kings?!" he said. "Dude... you're about to get beat."
The flop came and the kings were still good, but the turn brought the . Then came the river... the ! The table couldn't help but offer remarks on the remark.
"It's because you said it," said one. "I sit here quiet as a clam 99% of the time and don't win," said the failed prognosticator, attempting to defend his preflop hubris. "I figured one time I'd be a little... robustful and maybe I'd win."
and hoped the bracelet winner didn't have the aces or kings he was representing. Fortunately for Burleson, Moneymaker was trying to use his image to pull of a bluff, as he held just 
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-- and Singer checked. His neighbor continued with a bet, and Singer called.
. Singer again checked, and this time the UTG player bet 2,200. Singer sat holding his plate in his left hand while gathering chips in right, looking for a response as he did. Finally he pushed his cards away and resumed his meal.
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hit on the river to send Deeb to the rail.
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