David Baker made a raise from early position and Johnny Chan moved all in. Baker called and both men took one card.
Baker:
Chan:
Chan squeezed out a three across, making Chan a 2-1 favorite to win the hand. Unfortunately for Chan, he pulled a , pairing him up and knocking him out of the tournament in 12th place. This reduces the overall bracelet count in the field by about one-third. The Orient Express will take home $24,043 for his efforts.
Greg Raymer has been slowly chipping back up, winning small pots and avoiding any big confrontations.
Joe Cassidy made it 22,000 to go from the cutoff and was called by Richard Ashby on the button and Greg Raymer in the big blind. Raymer drew two cards, Cassidy decided to stand pat, and Ashby took one. The action checked all the way around and Raymer announce "Ten-six", tabling . Cassidy and Ashby mucked their hands and Raymer scooped a decent sized pot.
After this hand, Raymer now sits at about 350,000.
Looking to defend his title in this event, David Baker is making a hell of a run through this Day 2.
In the last hand, Baker opened to 18,000 before Nick Schulman three-bet to 56,000. Schulman, it should be noted, won this event the year before "Bakes" did, so we had the previous two champions mixing it up in this pot. Baker called the three-bet quickly, and he took one card. Schulman stood pat.
Bakes must have liked what he saw, because he led right out into the pot with a big bet of 114,500. Schulman would spend the next couple minutes in the tank, clearly pained by a tough decision. He took his hat off and rubbed his forehead as he pondered, then checked and double-checked his cards a few more times. Eventually, he waved the white flag and spun his cards into the muck.
After that exchange, Baker is atop the pack once again with 550,000 chips and his sights set on a (nearly) unprecedented repeat.
Nick Schulman made it 21,000 from under the gun only to be three-bet to 66,000 by Hasan Habib from the small blind. David Baker called from the big blind and Schulman decided to opt out and muck his hand.
Habib stood pat while Bakes took one card. The action went check-check and Hasan turned up , causing Baker to muck his cards.
"Ten what?" asked Hellmuth feverishly, possibly still reeling from the three-bet Habib put on him earlier.
"What do you want? I had nowhere to go" responded Habib.
Phil Hellmuth, the shortest stack in the tournament at the time, raised to 24,000 from the hijack and was called by David Baker from the small blind. Baker took one card while Hellmuth opted to take two.
Baker checked to Hellmuth who counted out a bet of 60,000, more than half of his stack. After a bit of pondering, Bakes made the call only to hear Hellmuth say "Eighty-six!", tabling . Bakes dejectedly mucked his cards and Hellmuth stack is back up to around 210,000.
Under the gun, Nick Schulman opened to 21,000, and Phil Hellmuth three-bet to 67,000 from the cutoff seat. Schulman called, and both players took one card. After the draw, Schulman check-called a bet of 46,000, and Hellmuth announced his hand.
"Ten," he said.
"Ten what?" Schulman asked.
"Ten-nine-seven," came the response as the Brat showed . It was good, and that pot propels Hellmuth back up to 375,000, while Schulman falls to 385,000 -- both men still above average.
From the cutoff, Bertrand Grospellier moved all in for around 40,000. Joe Cassidy made the call from the button, as did Richard Ashby in the small blind and Benjamin Parker in the big blind. Ashby and Cassidy stood pat, Parker took one, and ElkY drew two cards.
Ashby and Parker checked the action to Cassidy who led out for 80,000. Ashby went into the tank for a solid three to four minutes, keeping the crowd around the table in suspense before finally throwing his cards away. Parker folded and Cassidy turned up causing ElkY to toss his cards into the muck, finishing the tournament in 11th place.
This pot brings Cassidy up to around 510,000 in chips.
Joe Cassidy opened the pot to 22,000, and Richard Ashby three-bet to 60,000 from the cutoff. On the button, Benjamin Parker called all in for 59,000, and Cassidy elected to fold out of the way and let the other two duke it out.
They both patted, and Parker showed Ashby had a ninety-eight, too, but his was better, and it was good enough to eliminate Parker in 10th place on the final hand of the night.
Ashby is going to be your overnight chip leader with about 690,000.
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