Houston Tournaments

Liftoff 1E: Baker Spikes River to End Day; Players Bag

Written by Kirk | May 17, 2025 6:55:20 AM

Michael Baker open-shoved from the button and the action folded to Troy Carr in the big Blind who quickly called to put himself at risk on the bag bubble.

Baker tabled A♣T♥ but was in bad shape against the superior A♦K♥ of Carr. 

However, the runout of 7♣3♠8♦6♥T♣ gave Baker the ten on the river to claim the pot, eliminating Carr in brutal fashion. 

The clock was then stopped as the surviving 5 players bagged as follows: 

1. Walter Lynch - 533.5k
2. Michael Baker - 516k
3. Hasan Mahdi - 420.5k
4. Jeffrey Johnson - 254k
5. Troy Zimmerman - 107k