"So you've won this event 13 times, right? 23 times?"
Daniel Negreanu is now sitting on Billy Baxter's left, and was asking him about his many bracelets in lowball events. Baxter gave him the real answer -- five bracelets in deuce-to-seven events, and seven overall (all in lowball games).
"You must be good at it!" quipped Negreanu with a grin that made it clear he was joking around. "Or really, really lucky!"
We're going to go with the former. As we head to the break, Baxter is sitting with about 109,000 -- right in the middle of the pack with 21 left.
Kind of an interesting hand occurred just prior to the break between Billy Baxter and Doug Booth.
Just as he had done on the previous hand, Baxter opened with a raise to 6,500 (blinds were then 1,200/2,400) -- from the cutoff this time -- and it folded around to Booth who called from the big blind. Baxter stood pat, while Booth drew one card.
Booth then bet 14,000. Baxter cut out the chips to call, then looked as though he might be going back for more. "I never call with this hand," he said, and then did just that.
Booth paused, and Baxter tabled the strong . Booth mucked, and Baxter scooped the pot just before the players took their intermission.
After a few hands here in Level 15, Booth has 128,000 while Baxter has 113,000. Both are a bit below the average which is about 144,000 right now.
Play has ground to a halt here in Level 15, with many hands at all three tables either ending before the first draw, or resulting in smallish pots. Looks as though these 21 players are content to take their time as they eye those top 14 paying spots.
Suddenly we had some excitement over on Table 313.
Stephen Chidwick opened with a raise, George Danzer reraised, Chidwick shoved, and Danzer called with his remaining 109,000. Chidwick had about 43,000 left behind.
Danzer stood pat, and Chidwick drew one. Danzer showed . Chidwick tabled his first four -- -- then turned over the new one, another ,
Chidwick tumbles to the bottom of the counts, while Danzer now has about 230,000.
David Baker raised to 9,500 under the gun. Next to act was Tommy Vedes and he re-raised to 22,200. Anton Allemann was in the hijack and after about a minute, he announced that he was all in.
Action folded around to Baker and he quickly kicked it in. Vedes took a little more time, but opted to give it up as well.
Alleman: Up to 178,000
Baker: Down to 410,000
Vedes: Down to 94,000
Vincent Musso has been raising before the draw quite frequently of late, regardless of position, and so has invited a lot of action during the last couple of orbits.
Just now we came on a hand between Musso and Brett Richey in which the pair had built a sizable pot by the second betting round, and Richey was in a tough spot wondering whether or not to commit the last of his stack.
Finally with a shrug Richey did, and Musso quickly tabled his . Richey wished the table good luck, and we're down to 20 players.
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. Booth mucked, and Baxter scooped the pot just before the players took their intermission.
-- then turned over the new one, another 