Wake and Bake(s)

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Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

David "Bakes" Baker Woke Up With a Pocket Pair to Push Into the Chip Lead Here on Day 2

With his stack dwindling to just over 12 big blinds, Jacob Schindler shoved all-in from under the gun. The table folded around to David "Bakes" Baker in the cutoff, and after squeezing his cards slowly, he forcefully announced a call.

Bakes had woke up with , which left him flipping a coin against Schindler's .

With a serene look on his face, Baker watched the flop fall , and although Schindler picked up additional outs to the wheel straight, the turn () and the river () brought no further help.

Bakes offered Schindler a sincere "good game" while the pot was pushed his way, and after another player at the table commented on Baker's ability to run good, he responded simply by saying "I haven't lost a race in a month, why start now?"