There was some commotion occurring at Table 458 and upon arriving at the table, two players had all of their chips in the middle. Nichlaus Staker had the all-in button in front of him as he was at risk for a little over 15,000 chips.
Nichlaus Staker:
Dominic Staniscia:
It was a classic coin flip but it was taking place in the first level of Day 1 in the Main Event which tends to grab a little more attention. The board ran out ten-high and Staniscia's pocket queens held up to eliminate Staker.
Giuseppe Zarbo limped under the gun and it folded to Albert Kinder who raised in the cutoff to 600, followed by the blinds and Zarbo.
The four players checked on the flop and a was dealt on the turn. It checked to Zarbo who bet 1,000 and only Kinder made the call.
The river brought two pair on the board and Zarbo sent another 1,000 into the middle. Kinder raised it to 4,000 and after some consideration Zarbo let it go.
Action picked up on the turn in a pot between Gianluca Speranza and Rainer Kempe with 9,600 chips in the middle and a board reading with action on Kempe.
Kempe bet 3,800 and Speranza went into the tank for roughly a minute before tossing his hand into the muck. "Show the bluff?" asked Speranza as Kempe shook his head, taking down the pot.
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In a five-way raised pot, the flop read and brought no betting action. A came on the turn and the initial raiser bet 1,500, called by Natalie Hof, the small blind and Jonathan Dempsey in the big blind.
A hit the river and it was checked to Dempsey who fired 9,000. His three opponents folded and Dempsey grabbed the pot.
David Reid raised to 600 preflop in early position and Paul Tedeschi re-raised to 2,100. Action folded back around to Reid who four-bet to 6,800. Tedeschi called and the two took a flop.
The flop of was checked through to the where Reid led out for 3,300 and Tedeschi folded, giving Reid the pot.
Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, has joined the field. PokerNews tracked an orbit of his early hands, starting with play from the button.
Hand 1: Action folded to the Poker Hall of Famer who bumped it up to 600. The small blind called and they both saw a flop of . Moneymaker bet 700 and his opponent called. When the turn card was the , action again checked back to the former world champ who bet out 1200, and once again received a call.
The river was the and Moneymaker bet 1,000, and his opponent folded.
Hand 2: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.
Hand 3: An early position player raised to 500 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 4: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.
Hand 5: The under the gun player raised to 500 and Moneymaker folded.
Hand 6: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.
Hand 7: Moneymaker opened to 600 from under the gun. The player directly to his left raised to 2,000 and the button called. When action came back to Moneymaker, he opted to fold.
Hand 8: A player in early position raised to 500 and Moneymaker made the call from the big blind. The flop came out . Moneymaker checked to his opponent who bet 500 and received a call. The turn was the and the preflop raiser bet 2,200 and the 2003 Main Event champ called.
The river was a . Both players checked. Moneymaker showed the for pair, but it was no good when his opponent showed .
Hand 9: A player in early position raised to 600 and Moneymaker folded from the small blind.