Celeb Moneymaker "Bets" His Way To The Top!
Senior Editor, CNBC
World champion poker player Chris Moneymaker is number one in Trading With The Stars! He knocks Willie Garson out of first place--taking the lead for the SECOND time in the competition.(thanks to producer Lori Spechler for pointing this out). He was number one back on April 3rd. BUT is it a "bluff?"--only $2,590.29 separates the two players. So, there could be more trading places in the days ahead. Here's a breakdown:
| Price | Change | %Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTI | --- |
#1 Chris Moneymaker: $1,151,937.10 up $32,628.72 +2.92%
Sold 329,208 Shares of Northgate Minerals, up 2.65% Tuesday, which made Chris almost $30,000.
Bought 523,400 Shares of CMGI Inc. investing $1,146,246 in this buy, which could make or break his lead.
Bought 5 shares of Northgate Minerals.
Bought 10 shares of Graftech International.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
#2 Willie Garson: $1,149,346.81 down $24,607.80 -2.10%
Sold 16,372 shares of Nustar Energy (NS), which was down 2.35% today and cost him $27,607.80.
Bought 36,052 shares of Theravance Inc (THRX) for $1,149,337.36 which could re-gain him the lead depending on how Theravance trades.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
#3 Stephen Collins: $1,130,966.51 up $10,280.75 +0.92%
No transactions Tuesday.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
Stephen had his biggest gain today from American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) which was up 2.77% Tuesday.
#4 Jonathan Tucker: $1,113,710.00 up $5,630.00 +0.51%
Sold 5,000 shares of Seabridge Gold (SA)
Sold 5,000 shares of Kinross Gold (KGC)
Bought 5,000 shares of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT)
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
Jonathan gained on all his holdings, the biggest gain was with Flamel Technologies (FLML) which was up 1.4% Tuesday.
| Price | Change | %Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | --- |
#5 James Cromwell: $1,082,339.51 up $20,163.00 +1.90%
Sold 10,000 shares of Leapfrog Enterprises (LF)
Bought 14,000 shares of U.S. Bioenergy Corp. (USBE)
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
James' biggest gains Tuesday with Evergreen Solar (ESLR) which was up 6.01% today, and L-1 Identity Solutions (ID) which was up 4.74% Tuesday.
#6 Judy Gold: $1,035,390.00 up $6,470.00 +0.63%
No transactions Tuesay.
Judy gained on ConocoPhillips (COP) which was up 1.51% today and Silver Standard Resources (SSRI) which was up 2.55% Tuesday.
#7 Johnny Bench: $1,019,752.22 down $150.00 -0.01%
No transactions Tuesday.
#8 Chris Gardner: $1,015,370.00 up $1,050.00 +0.10%
No transactions Tuesday.
| Price | Change | %Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DGX | --- |
#9 Lawrence O'Donnell: $1,010,864.00 up $3,663.00 +0.36%
Bought 3 shares of Berkshire Hathaway Cl A (BRK)
Lawrence gained on Quest Diagnostics (DGX) which was up 1.89% Tuesday and BP PLC (BP) which was up 1.51% Tuesday.
#10 Ernie Hudson: $969,090.92 down $13,132.10 -1.34%
Sold 161,321 Shares of Fremont General (FMT) which fell 1.65%, and lost Ernie $46,783.09.
Bought 48,237 shares of Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO), hoping for strong earnings, but ESIO fell in extended hours on weak earnings with a 46% decline in net income.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
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