Farha, with a short stack, was able to get all of his chips in the middle as a favorite preflop. He held the against the from Moneymaker.

The board ran out . Everyone, including Farha and Moneymaker let out a bit of a gasp came with an eight spiked the turn. But that's poker and just like that Moneymaker takes a 1-0 lead. It appears we are on a short break before we begin the second leg of our best of 3 match. In the next one, Farha will start with a near 2 to 1 chip lead, just as Moneymaker had in the first leg.