A Better Turn for Moneymaker
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A player raised to 575 from early position and got two callers, including Chris Moneymaker sitting a couple of seats to his left. The flop came 
. The preflop raiser bet 1,450, and both Moneymaker and the third player sitting in the cutoff called. The turn was the 
, and this time the EP player bet 3,550. Moneymaker again called -- leaving himself only 5,000 or so behind -- while the third player skedaddled.
The river was the 
. Moneymaker's opponent fired again, enough to put Moneymaker all in, and the 2003 ME champ quickly called. The aggressor throughout the hand showed 
for a turned set of jacks, but Moneymaker had 
for a jack-high straight.
"Nice hand, Moneymaker," said his opponent. "Thank you, sir," he replied. "A really, really sick turn."
After his difficult first hour-and-a-half of play today, that one puts Moneymaker back up around 19,000.