With his stack shortened after a few unsuccessful hands to start the day, David "Bakes" Baker raised his button and watched as Juha Helppi made it three bets to play. Danny Le came along for the ride, and Baker saw an opportunity to triple up, so he moved his last bet into the middle. Both Helppi and Le called, and the flop fell .
Helppi led out for a bet and Le flatted, bringing the on the turn. The action repeated on fourth street, and when the completed the board on the river, Helppi fired a third barrel. Le folded his hand, and Baker stood to see that bad news. Helppi tabled the for top pair on the flop and a flush by the river, and Baker flashed the before making his exit from the tournament floor.
With his 10th place finish here today, Baker notched his seventh cash at the 2013 World Series of Poker, and he just missed out on his fourth final table appearance of the summer.
As the Mike Watson hands were going on, we caught the end of Maria Ho scooping a giant pot through Jeff Thompson to get up to over 800,000. We saw that the board read , and Ho had , giving her the huge pot, and making her our overwhelming chip leader at the moment.
After losing a succession of hands on river beats, Danny Le got his last bets into the middle after the turn, with the board reading . Maria Ho called him down with , but Le tabled the , and for the first time all day, the river could not harm him. The fell to complete the board, and Le earned the double with his flopped set
Mike Watson got the rest of his short stack in preflop holding , but he was in bad shape, as Danny Warchol had . Watson was looking for a nine, and he got just that on the flop. The board completed and , and Watson got the much needed double up.
On the very next hand, Warchol raised it up, and Watson three bet it. Warchol called, and the flop came . Warchol check raised Watson on the flop, and Watson called to see the come on the turn. Warchol bet out, and Watson committed the rest of his chips. Warchol shook his head as he made the call.
Warchol:
Watson:
Watson paired up on the turn, and Warchol was looking for a two outer on the river. That card was the , and Watson got unnecessary trips to up his stack to 150,000, while Warchol dropped to 375,000.
Paul Mattioda raised it up preflop for most of his chips, and Mike Watson called. The flop came down , and Mattioda check called for the rest of his chips.
Watson:
Mattioda:
Mattioda was looking for an ace, but it never came, as the board completed and , and Mattioda was knocked out in 9th place.
Mitch Garber addresses the audience prior to the start of day three of the One Drop High Roller Tournament.
In this, another abridged version of the PokerNews Podcast, Rich and Mark take a look at the bubble of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller and discuss Jack Effel's decision to halt play for the evening before the bubble could burst. The two then look at some of the recent bracelet winners and discuss the 2013 Ladies Event.
Mike Watson lost a huge pot to Danny Warchol just before the break, and he came back with just 55,000. That money got in the middle on the first hand back, with Watson holding . He was up against the of Mike Schiffman, and Watson caught a piece of the flop, as it came . The on the turn gave Schiffman a deuce for an out, but it never came, as the hit the river.
Watson doubled up to 110,000, while Schiffman dropped to 165,000.
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on the turn. The action repeated on fourth street, and when the 
completed the board on the river, Helppi fired a third barrel. Le folded his hand, and Baker stood to see that bad news. Helppi tabled the 
for top pair on the flop and a flush by the river, and Baker flashed the 
before making his exit from the tournament floor.
, giving her the huge pot, and making her our overwhelming chip leader at the moment.
. Maria Ho called him down with 
, and for the first time all day, the river could not harm him. The 
fell to complete the board, and Le earned the double with his flopped set
, but he was in bad shape, as Danny Warchol had 
. Watson was looking for a nine, and he got just that on the 
flop. The board completed 
, and Watson got the much needed double up.
come on the turn. Warchol bet out, and Watson committed the rest of his chips. Warchol shook his head as he made the call.
, and Watson got unnecessary trips to up his stack to 150,000, while Warchol dropped to 375,000.
, and Mattioda check called for the rest of his chips.
, and Mattioda was knocked out in 9th place.
. He was up against the 
of Mike Schiffman, and Watson caught a piece of the flop, as it came 
. The