Jeremy Baked

Jeremy Bakes has, ironically, just been coolered with an unavoidable kings versus aces encounter that sees Warren Wooldridge's stack pulsate to a chip-lead threatening 800,000. Bakes had just under 300,000 at the time, and with the blinds at 10,000/20,000, decided to open push, if only to create the illusion of a weaker hand.

But his preflop strategy was irrelevant in the end, as Wooldridge had his gun cocked and was braced to fire, the bullets hitting the cowboys head on and sending them hurtling off their saddle. The 4d-2d-5c-Ah-5d board teased a split pot, but to no avail, and a hand-shake later and Bakes was cooked.


Meanwhile, Hugo Martin just limp-raised all in from the small blind with A-5, only for Giovanni Pennetta to call with the same hand (bar the suits, of course). A raggy board proved to be of no excitement, and the pot was chopped. "Good poker," applauded Nik Persaud from the sidelines. "Good raise, good call, lots of pressure, good poker all around."