Table 17 was six-handed when we returned from dinner break, and now only one player remains. David "Bakes" Baker, who won his second career bracelet in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship last night, outlasted Christina Lindley, Ali Eslami and three others to advance to Day 2. On the final hand, Bakes had the button and raised to 4,400. His opponent three-bet jammed for around 20,000, and Bakes quickly called.
Bakes
Opponent
The board ran out , and Bakes won the hand.
Next door, at Table 18, Kyle Julius, who finished 2nd at the 2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure was heads up with Sam Barnhart, who won the 2011 World Series of Poker National Championship. On the final hand, the two saw a flop of , and got all of the chips in the middle. Julius' crushed Barnhart's , and there were no running aces to chop the pot.
Joining Julius and Bakes on Day 2 is Alexander Nunin. He was fortunate enough to win Table 55 in the Bronze Section.
Kevin Saul has advanced to the next round. We missed the action but he broke a curse of his.
KevinSauLivePro Kevin SaulThe curse is finally broken, won my 1st ever wsop shootout table defeating 9 others. In the $, play 6handed tom for chance at FT wed #BOOMJune 19 2012
When we reached Table 35, Dave "Coldstone" Inselberg had just moved all in on a board. His opponent called, and Inselberg tabled for a pair of jacks. His opponent mucked.
A few hands later, Inselberg had his opponent all in and at risk holding on a board of . His opponent held , but neither the turn () nor the river () completed the ace-high flush draw, and Inselberg won the heat.