Woody Pecked
We caught up with the action on the turn in a hand involving three players, one of whom was WSOP-C Southern Indiana winner Woody Moore. The first player, Junior Merafuentes, checked and the next player bet 700 on the board of . Moore put in a raise to 3,800 and Merafuentes called. The other player folded.
The river completed the board with the . Merafuentes checked and immediately Moore moved all in for 27,575. Merafuentes went into the tank, eventually piping up and saying, "Oh my gosh… sorry guys." A few moments later he added, "Sick, this is so sick."
Another half a minute or so ran by and then Merafuentes made the call. Moore showed the for just a pair of threes to go along with the kings on board. Merafuentes tabled the for trip kings and won the pot. He had Moore covered and sent the WSOP-C Southern Indiana champion out the door.
Merafuentes now has 75,000 in chips.