Moneymaker Here to Play

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Chris Moneymaker and two other players were looking down at a board of {4-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} . Moneymaker and the player to his left checked and the third player fired a bet of 2,500. Moneymaker called and the remaining player folded his hand.

The two were heads up to the {7-Hearts} turn and Moneymaker took control of the hand by moving 5,000 into the center. His opponent called and the river paired the board with the {6-Hearts} .

Moneymaker tossed out 11,000 and his opponent let out a sigh and and flung in a call.

"Trips," said Moneymaker, showing {8-Spades} {6-Spades} . His opponent was visibly frustrated and slapped his cards into the muck. Moneymaker, however, scooped the pot and padded his stack to about 75,000.