Role Reversal: Baker Doubles Through Vaca-Rondon

Kevin Taylor

Ok seriously...who is writing these hands?! For the second time in five hands, a miracle turn card helps one player survive. This time, Patricia Baker was on the right side of it, as she doubled through Nicolas Vaca-Rondon. Ray Pulford raised in the cutoff to 37,000, and Baker moved all in on the button for 98,000 total. Action folded to Vaca-Rondon in the big blind, and after thinking for about 20 seconds, he announced all in for about 275,000. Pulford got out of the way, and we had another coin flip on our hands.

Baker: {4-Spades} {4-Clubs}
Vaca-Rondon: {a-Diamonds} {j-Diamonds}

Vaca-Rondon shot out to the lead when the flop came down {j-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {8-Spades} . Baker was now well behind, but in what was a carbon copy of the hand that crippled her, Baker spiked her two outer, as the {4-Diamonds} hit the turn. Vaca-Rondon was now drawing dead, but just for good measure, Baker hit quads with the {4-Hearts} on the river. After the hand, Baker is sitting on 240,000, while Vaca-Rondon is now on the short stack with 160,000.