Break Time
After that exciting level-ending hand, players are now on a 20-minute break.
After that exciting level-ending hand, players are now on a 20-minute break.
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 7,000
With that last hand of Level 24, John Juanda takes an ever-so-slight lead over David Baker.
John Juanda -- 1,058,000
David Baker -- 1,045,000
Eric Cloutier -- 565,000
George Danzer -- 367,000
In the second hand back from the break, David Baker opened with a raise to 80,000 from under the gun, then John Juanda reraised to 185,000 from the button. The blinds folded, then Baker announced he was all in!
Juanda waited about thirty seconds, then folded.
Baker would bet Juanda out of the next hand before the draw as well, and just like that has 1.45 million to Juanda's 670,000.
The table folded around to David Baker who raised to 90,000 from the small blind, and John Juanda called from the BB. Baker stood pat, while Juanda drew two cards.
Baker bet 120,000, and Juanda thought for a while before calling. Baker showed . Juanda showed a couple of cards -- a and a -- before mucking his hand.
Baker is now way up to 1.7 million, while Juanda has 400,000.
John Juanda pushed all in from the small blind, and George Danzer called with his last 287,000 from the big blind. Each drew one card. Let's go to the squeeze...
Juanda ...
Danzer ...
Danzer doubles to 632,000. Meanwhile, Juanda has had a rough 25 minutes here in Level 25. After beginning the level with the chip lead, he's now last with 166,000.
John Juanda pushed his last 152,000 in the middle from under the gun, and it folded around to David Baker who instantly called from the big blind.
Baker took one card, and Juanda two. Baker tabled , and picked up a to make a 10. Juanda spread his three cards -- -- and showed the two aces he was throwing away. He turned over the first drawn card -- the -- meaning the he also picked up was of no matter.
Juanda is out, yet another knockout by Baker. Baker is now up to 2.13 million with three players left -- more than two-thirds of the chips in play.
After David Baker folded, George Danzer raised all in for his last 463,000 from the small blind, and Eric Cloutier called with his last 419,000 from the big blind. Danzer drew two cards, and Cloutier one.
Cloutier had , and his new card was a . Danzer tabled . The first drawn card was a , and he was still live. But the fifth card was the , and Danzer is now crippled, down to about 50,000.
"George can make it happen, oh-oh-oh-oh!" sang his fans afterward. It's going to be tough for the German pro, however.
On the next hand after being crippled by Eric Cloutier, George Danzer went all in dark from the button with his last 37,000, Cloutier folded, and Baker called the tiny raise from the big blind. Baker drew two cards, and Danzer one.
Baker had , picked up a , but then also drew a for a pair of treys. Danzer had , but unfortunately for him drew a to make a higher pair, and he's out.
We're heads up!
David Baker -- 2,193,000
Eric Cloutier -- 837,000