2007 World Series of Poker

Event 53 - $1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$217,438
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$982,800
Entries
720
Level Info
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Hand #126 - How David Baker Dropped So Low

How did David Baker have just 15,000 at the break? It was the last hand before the break that crushed him --

Hand #126 - David Baker has the button in seat 2, Mosca raises to 16,000, Vaswani calls, Baker raises from the button to 24,000, Mosca calls, and Vaswani calls. The flop comes {9-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Clubs}, Mosca checks, Vaswani checks, Baker bets 8,000, Mosca calls, Vaswani raises to 16,000, Baker calls, and Mosca folds. The turn card is the {2-Hearts}, Vaswani bets 16,000, and Baker calls. The river card is the {4-Spades}, Vaswani bets 16,000, and Baker calls. Vaswani shows {A-Spades}{J-Spades} for the ace-high flush, and Baker mucks. Ram Vaswani wins the pot.

That left Baker with 12,000 in chips. When the yellow (1,000) chips were raced off, he won the race, gaining an extra orange (5,000) chip. His friend Greg "FBT" Mueller has been sweating from the rail, and announced to the crowd that Baker managed to double up during the break.