Moneymaker Won't Be Winning Another Main Event
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chris Moneymaker's first Main Event cash since winning it in 2003 won't be anywhere close to what he might have been hoping for at the start of the day. Moneymaker was seen shaking hands at his table, with the ESPN camera crew also swarming the table at the same time. Unfortunately for Moneymaker, he fell at the hand of Ron West who was kind enough to relay what had happened:
Moneymaker had raised from the middle position with 
and West called on the button with 
.
The flop came 
with two clubs, Moneymaker check-shoved for around 250,000 when West had continued with a bet of 37,000 and West called.
No further help came on the board for Moneymaker and the former Champion was sent to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,260,000
1,035,000
|
1,035,000 |
|
Busted | |
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