Hands 1-4: And We're Off...
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Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Hand #1: Michael Kurth opened for 55,000 in middle position, taking the blinds and antes without a fight.
Hand #2: David "Bakes" Baker opened for 45,000 on the button, forcing the blinds to surrender.
Hand #3: Bakes opened for his standard 45,000 raise out of the cutoff, taking another pot chocked full of blinds and antes.
Hand #4: Bakes continued his aggressive start to this final table, raising once again to 45,000 from the hijack, Manuel Mutke called from the button, Joel Ward called from the small blind, and Thomas Nicotera came along to defend his big blind.
The first flop of our final table fell 
, and Bakes took the pot with a c-bet of 80,000.