Up and Down for ODB
While we were on the bubble, David "ODB" Baker was involved in four, that's right, four consecutive hands, two of which he was at risk for his tournament life.
In the first hand, Baker held 
, and was up against the 
of Drazen Ilich. Ilich flopped an open ended straight draw, and hit it on the river.
That hand knocked Baker down to just 20,500. On the very next hand, Baker shoved when it folded to him in the small blind, and the big blind looked him up.
Baker held 
, and was well out in front of his opponent's 
. The board ran down great for Baker, coming 
.
On the very next hand, Baker was involved in a three way all in pot. Baker held 
, his opponent in the previous hand held 
, and the player who had them both covered held 
. Baker was well behind, until the flop came 
. The turn brought the , and the river came the 
.
Baker won a small side pot on the next hand, but failed to knockout the short stack that he had crippled on the hand before. After all the dust settled, Baker was left with 160,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
and 
.
and 
, and Ingles took the pot down. On the next hand, Ingles started the action by raising to 12,000. Rosie Paules made the call, and then the small blind moved all in for his last 23,000. The big blind also shoved all in for 23,000, and Ingles shoved to isolate. Paules folded, and the cards were table.
hit the turn. The river brought the 
, and Ingles collected the double knockout.
hit the river. The chips were broken down, and Ho had Baker covered by 20,000. That pot jumped her up to 250,000, and got us down to our final three tables in the process.