A Stiff Ace On the River for Woody
On the very first hand of the final table, La Sengphet raised from under the gun to 10,500. Action folded over a couple seats to Matthew Lawrence. He reraised to 28,000. In the next seat on the other side of the dealer sat Charles "Woody" Moore. Starting the final table with 65,500, the shortest stack on the felt, Moore mulled it over and then made the call. Action moved back to Sengphet and she called as well.
The flop came down 
and Sengphet checked to Lawrence. He also checked and action was on Moore. The man who won the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana Main Event moved all in for 37,000. Sengphet folded, but Lawrence started to tank, not letting Moore get away with this one easily. Eventually, Lawrence slid out the chips for the call and the hands were tabled.
Moore showed the 
for just ace high, a surprising and bold move to put his tournament life on the line. Lawrence was amazed he held the best hand with the 
.
The turn brought the 
and gave Moore a few more outs to a wheel. The river was dealt with the 
and Moore jumped back with excitement as his cheering section let out a roar. Moore won the hand with an ace from space and more than doubled up. He's up to 170,000 now while Lawrence was kicked back to 74,500.