Chris Moneymaker Takes His Seat: An Orbit of Hands

Chris Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, has joined the field. PokerNews tracked an orbit of his early hands, starting with play from the button.

Hand 1: Action folded to the Poker Hall of Famer who bumped it up to 600. The small blind called and they both saw a flop of . Moneymaker bet 700 and his opponent called. When the turn card was the , action again checked back to the former world champ who bet out 1200, and once again received a call.

The river was the and Moneymaker bet 1,000, and his opponent folded.

Hand 2: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.

Hand 3: An early position player raised to 500 and Moneymaker folded.

Hand 4: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.

Hand 5: The under the gun player raised to 500 and Moneymaker folded.

Hand 6: Action folded to Moneymaker who folded.

Hand 7: Moneymaker opened to 600 from under the gun. The player directly to his left raised to 2,000 and the button called. When action came back to Moneymaker, he opted to fold.

Hand 8: A player in early position raised to 500 and Moneymaker made the call from the big blind. The flop came out . Moneymaker checked to his opponent who bet 500 and received a call. The turn was the and the preflop raiser bet 2,200 and the 2003 Main Event champ called.