Chris "888Moorman" Moorman's stack was down to about eight big blinds shortly after the break. From mid-position he jammed all in before Kaktus26rus over-jammed for 38,009 and HUdonnit called off his remaining stack of 33,019.
Moorman:
Kaktus26rus:
HUdonnit:
The board ran out giving Moorman the winning hand over his two opponents.
After a rough start with a few rebuys, Chris "888Moorman" Moorman's stack has been moving in the right direction. Canada's "eqn778" jammed under the gun for 21,296 before Moorman one seat over, three-bet his entire chip stack of 32,102. All other players in the hand quickly folded.
Moorman:
eqn778:
Moorman was ahead in the hand the entire way after the board ran out and his stack grew to close to 54,000.
Late registration is now over. In total, the tournament attracted 1,033 players and 535 rebuys generating a $156,800 prize pool or almost double that of the $80,000 guarantee.
Players finishing in the top 135 spots are guaranteed a payday of $266.56 with the top prize of $28,224 going to the winner barring any deals made on the final table.
The field is down to 442 players with an average stack just north of 53,000.
888poker Ambassador Natalie "888NatalieH" Hof, who was short on chips herself, just took out two short stacks, each holding less than one big blind. Her held up against her opponents' and after the board ran out .
Not too much later, she more than doubled up her stack again to almost 57,000.
The tournament has reached its fourth break. More than half the remaining field of 253 players will walk away with a minimum payday of $266.56 with 135 players reaching the money. However, all eyes are on the top prize of $28,224.
Canada's spiffytech with 337,016 and Brazil liincownz with 317,572 were the only players above 300,000 after the fourth break. Netherlands' idontcareffs wasn't too far behind in third place with 287,235.
Chris "888Moorman" Moorman was leading the way among the three 888poker Ambassadors to enter the tournament with a healthy stack of 209,662.
giving Moorman the winning hand over his two opponents.
and his stack grew to close to 54,000.
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