Tuesday, May 16, 2017 4:46 PM Local Time
Blake Baker Eliminated in 3rd Place ($10,903)
On an
flop, Jason Maeroff checks from the small blind, and Blake Baker bets 300,000 from the button — about three times the size of the pot. Maeroff check-raises all in with the larger stack, and Baker calls all in for about 900,000 at the 10,000/20,000 level, putting himself at risk.
Baker: (pair of eights)
Maeroff: (set of deuces)
The turn leaves Baker drawing dead to the river, and he's eliminated in third place. Thanks to that big pot, Maeroff takes a big lead into a deep-stacked heads-up match against Stephen Dees. Both men are already WSOP Circuit ring winners, and one of them will add another their collection this evening.
Jason Maeroff - 2,235,000 (112 bb)
Stephen Dees - 1,155,000 (56 bb)
Blake Baker - Eliminated