Good River for Day Equals Bad River for Moneymaker
A hand that started cagily four-way ended up denting Chris Moneymaker's stack. Glenn Day made the first optional action with a limp in the cutoff for 300. Button Jeff Kimber raised to 1,000, picking up both blinds (Filippo Scialo and Moneymaker) and Day for the flop: 
. Four checks later, a turn: 
. Again, no one exercised their right to put any more chips into the pot.
The river, however, saw action. When the 
came down, Scialo led out for 1,000 and Moneymaker raised to 6,500. Day immediately threw in the call while Scialo passed. Moneymaker called his opponent's hand: "Guess you got a straight. So do I..." but the bad news was that it was the nut version.
Moneymaker: 
Day: 
"Good river!" announced Day, raking in the pot.
"Very bad river," countered Moneymaker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
17,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
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