We found Seth Baker all in and racing with against the of Makoto Yoshimichi. The flop came and things were looking good for Baker. The turn and river cemented his double up, and Yoshimichi was forced to ship.
Baker is the brother of David "ODB" Baker. Looks like poker runs in the family.
One hand prior to his elimination, Dmitrii Valouev's kings were cracked by Darren Rabinowitz , leaving him crippled.
The hand after, Valouev found himself all in against Binh Ta. Ryan Olisar told us that Valouev was holing against Ta's . The board ran out completing a straight for Ta and eliminating Valouev from the tournament.
Ruben Ybarra raised to 45,000 from under the gun, and Seth Berger three-bet to 95,000 on the button. Derek Buonano shipped his stack in from the small blind. Ybarra came back over the top all in, and Berger got out of the way.
Buonano:
Ybarra:
The flop brought , and Buonano was all but dead. A turn finished him, and Ybarra vaulted into the chiplead.
Meanwhile, at the other table, Ryan Olisar check-called Michael Cooper on all three streets until Cooper was all in on the river on a board of . Cooper showed and doubled up.
Preflop, Seth Berger raised to 52,000 from the small blind. Makoto Yoshimichi then moved all in from the big blind for 379,000 total. This put Berger into the tank, and eventually he made the call.
Yoshimichi:
Berger:
The board ran out .
The players are now on a 10-handed unofficial final table and we will provide you will a full list of chip counts soon.
Preflop, Ruben Ybarra raised to 65,000. Action folded to Seth Baker who moved all in for just about 300,000. Action folded back around to Ybarra who made the call.
"Jacks," he said before turning up the .
Baker was well behind with and he did not catch up on the board. There will be no final table appearance just yet for David 'ODB' Baker's brother, but it was a good showing with a deep run nonetheless.
Ybarra breached the 2,000,000 chip mark with that hand and will head into the official final table as the leader.
against the 
of Makoto Yoshimichi. The flop came 
and things were looking good for Baker. The 
turn and 
river cemented his double up, and Yoshimichi was forced to ship.
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, leaving him crippled.
against Ta's 
. The board ran out 
completing a straight for Ta and eliminating Valouev from the tournament.
, and Buonano was all but dead. A 
turn finished him, and Ybarra vaulted into the chiplead.
.
.
and he did not catch up on the 
board. There will be no final table appearance just yet for David 'ODB' Baker's brother, but it was a good showing with a deep run nonetheless.