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Documented hand · 2003
The championship ended with made hands, in a separate episode from the celebrated bluff.
| Record | Cards / development |
|---|---|
| Moneymaker | 5♦ 4♠ |
| Farha | J♥ 10♦ |
| Recorded development | Flop J–5–4 · river 5 |
What happened
The WSOP account records an all-in on the flop and a river 5. Moneymaker’s flopped two pair became a full house.
The flop gave Farha top pair and Moneymaker two pair. The final river strengthened the winning hand, but it should not be used to pretend that both players knew the result when the chips went in. The short record does not supply every card and bet needed for a complete decision audit.
What the case teaches
At each street, name the best made hand and the possible improvements separately. “I have top pair” describes a holding, not its rank against every opponent range. On a coordinated board, two pair, sets and draws are all possibilities to consider. For a reviewer, the useful question is what price and stack commitment made sense against the plausible range at the moment, not whether the camera later revealed the winning combination.
Was the championship decided by Moneymaker’s famous bluff?
That bluff was an earlier heads-up episode. The final hand reviewed here involved two pair against top pair and a later full house.
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Sources
Source pages checked 5 October 2026. Historical results refer to the dates stated; examples marked hypothetical are Casino101 calculations.
