Raye Puckett Eliminated in Eighth Place ($9,582)
Jul 04, '07
David Baker moved all in preflop and both David Mosca and Raye Puckett made the call. The board of A
J
4
8
9
was checked down by Mosca and Puckett, before Puckett moved all in for her final $10,000. Mosca made the call and turned up K
J
to take down the side pot when Puckett mucked her hand. Baker showed down A
5
to take down the main pot and triple up to $45,000. Puckett was eliminated in eighth place and she will take home $9,582 in prize money.
Player Tags: David Baker, Raye Puckett, David Mosca
Hour Two
Jul 04, '07
Stubborn Shorts Stacks
Hour two of the final table has been marked by a lead change and the resistance efforts of the two short stacks at the final table. David Baker and David Mosca where under $100,000 when they both took down nice-sized pots to keep their heads above water.
Battling Ram
Ram Vaswani was busy during the hour and he grew his stack to $480,000. He eclipsed the second-place stack of Sondre Sagenstuen and never looked back.
Baker Shoots and Scores
Baker bet $6,000 on a flop of 8
5
3
and Sagstuen made the call. Baker fired out $12,000 when the turn brought the Q
and Sagstuen called again. The river brought the 10
and once again Baker bet $12,000. Once again Sagstuen made the call, but he mucked when Baker showed down A
Q
.
Sagstuen takes a Hit
Raye Puckett bet $12,000 on a board of 10
6
6
3
and Sagstuen raised to $24,000. Puckett called and both players timidly checked after the 5
hit on the river. Puckett then reluctantly tuirned over A
10
. Sagstuen mucked another hand and had been brought back down to earth from his early chip lead. He was now back at $300,000.
Player Tags: David Baker, Ram Vaswani, Sondre Sagstuen, Raye Puckett, David Mosca
