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There's more poker to be played today for David Baker. After Steve Sung raised the button, Baker reraised from the small blind. Both Greg Raymer and Sung made the call.
Each player drew two cards on the first draw and then checked the action. On the second draw, Baker took one, while Raymer and Sung took two cards a second time. Baker put his last 1,100 chips in after the second draw, and again both Raymer and Sung called.
Baker was pat on the third draw; Raymer and Sung took one each. Raymer fired out a bet, folding Sung (who had made a straight), but Raymer's made eight was not enough to beat Baker's 7-6-5-3-2.
Shamus
Luis Velador
Raymond Davis raised, and Luis Velador reraised with the last of his chips. Davis called.
Both drew two on the first round. Then Davis drew one and Velador two.
On the final round of drawing, Davis stood pat. "If you have a 10, it's good," he told Velador. Velador considered Davis's advice, then discarded one.
"I have a jack," joked Davis. Then he spread out 8-7-6-4-2.
In fact, Velador had had a 10 before the third draw -- he'd had 10-6-5-3-2. So he'd made the right decision. Unfortunately for him, he'd picked up an ace on the end, and he is out.
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We're not sure if they're being serious or not, but several players, notably Shun Uchida with Robert Mizrachi, and Ray Davis with Billy Baxter have floated the idea of a side bet of "no second place". The bet is, if those two players go heads up at the end of the tournament, the player who finishes in second place will pay the second place money to the first place finisher.
Shamus
Richard Chase
A short-stacked Richard Chase was just put to the test in a hand versus Robert Mizrachi. The hand began with Mizrachi raising, Chase calling, and both drawing two cards. Mizrachi checked, Chase bet, and Mizrachi called.
On the second draw, Mizrachi took two and Chase one. Again, Mizrachi check-called. On the last draw, Mizrachi drew one card and Chase stood pat. Mizrachi bet, Chase raised with the last of his stack, and Mizrachi called.
Chase showed 8-7-4-3-2. Mizrachi showed three of his cards -- 8-7-6 -- then mucked. Chase is now back up to 41,000, and Mizrachi has 124,000.
Shamus
Raymond Davis
Raymond Davis raised, John Phan three-bet, and Davis called. Davis took two, and Phan took one. Davis checked, Phan raised, Davis check-raised, and Phan called.
On the second draw, Davis stood pat, and Phan took one. Davis bet, Phan raised, and Davis called with his last chips.
Both stood pat on the end. Phan spread out 7-5-4-3-2. "Just a wheel," said Phan. Davis mucked quickly, though appeared to have had a 7-6. Phan is now up to 156,000.
Shamus
John Phan
We're taking a one-hour break before beginning Level 15. There are 14 players remaining, and we'll be playing down to the final six. Here are updated chip counts at the break:
John Phan -- 156,000
Billy Baxter -- 128,500
Shun Uchida -- 114,500
David Sklansky -- 106,000
Robert Mizrachi -- 100,000
Mike Wattel -- 96,000
Gioi Luong -- 92,500
Greg Raymer -- 89,000
Richard Chase -- 55,000
Dario Alioto -- 54,500
Steve Sung -- 49,500
Ben Ponzio -- 30,000
James Copeland -- 28,500
David Baker -- 14,000
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David Baker - 14th Place
It was a quick post-dinner tournament for David Baker. Sitting in the bilnd, he called a raise from Greg Raymer and drew one card to Raymer's two. Baker bet after the draw, and Raymer called. Baker was pat on the second draw, while Raymer took one. Baker bet, Raymer raised, and Baker reraised all in. Raymer called. Both players stood pat on the final draw.
Baker: 8-7-5-4-2
Raymer: 8-6-5-4-2
Raymer continues his impressive Day 2 run, chipping up to over 120,000 chips. Baker walks away with $6,843.
Shamus
John Phan raised from the button, Robert Mizrachi three-bet from the small blind, and Phan called. Both then drew one and checked. On the second draw, both again drew one and again both checked.
Both drew one again on the last draw, and this time Mizrachi bet and Phan called. "Pair," said Mizrachi. Phan turned over 9-8-5-4-2 and took the pot.
Chip leader Phan is at 175,000, while Mizrachi has 100,000.
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