Don Baruch Wins WSOP NL Hold’em Shootout Event

• Seat 1: Don Baruch
• Seat 2: Daniel Negreanu
• Seat 3: Jared Davis
• Seat 4: Thomas Fuller
• Seat 5: Fred Goldberg
• Seat 6: Brendan Lee
• Seat 7: Michael Wehner
• Seat 8: Doug Baughman
• Seat 9: Erick Lindgren

Daniel Negeanu made a good start dominating play in the early stages, taking advantage of the tight strategies adopted by the other players, and then eliminating the first player out of the tournament on the 26^th hand of play. Negreanu holding made the first bet to $50,000, this was raised All In by Fred Goldberg with pocket Jacks and Negreanu calls. It didn’t look good for Negreanu after the first four cards came down but the River gave Negreanu the win eliminating Goldberg in 9^th place wining $9,828.

It was one of the pre final table favourites Erick Lindgren to go out of the tournament next. Erick Lindgren and Don Baruch were both in the pot and the Flop came down Lindgren made a bet which was called and the came down on the Turn. Lindgren moved All In and was immediately called by Baruch flipping over two pair. Lindgren showed meaning he was drawing dead on the River, going out of the tournament in 8^th place winning $15,971.

Doug Baughman was the next player eliminated just before the break in a three way pot involving Daniel Negreanu and Don Baruch. Baughman raised after the Flop came down and Negreanu re raised to which Baruch folds. Baughman moved All In and Negreanu called. Negreanu showed in the lead against Baughman with having both a club flush draw and a double barrelled straight draw. The on the Turn improved Negreanu’s hand to trips and the confirmed Baughman’s elimination from the tournament, going out in 7^th winning $15,971.

Not long after this Negreanu knocked his second opponent out in a row. Brendan Lee moved all his chips into the pot with the Flop coming down holding Negreanu thought for a while before making an excellent read on Lee calling with Lee behind in the hand still had outs with two over cards, but they never came with the on the Turn and on the River winning Negreanu the pot putting him firmly in the chip lead. Lee took home $22,113 in 6^th place.

Daniel Negreanu continued to out play the table getting his hatrick in knockouts, eliminating Michael Wehner in 5^th place. Negreanu raised the pot from the cut off and was re-raised by Wehner All In. Negreanu again thought for a while and called showing Wehner had The Flop put Negreanu in the lead coming down leaving Wehner needing help. The Turn gave Wehner hope coming down giving him a flush and gun shot straight draw, or needing an Ace on the River to win the pot. The dashed these hopes knocking Wehner out of the tournament in 5^th place taking home $36,855.

Negreanu was holding a commanding chip lead at this point with 1.6 million in chips compared to his nearest competitor Don Baruch on $485,000. Both Jared Davis and Thomas Fuller were on the short stack on around $275,000.

It was the two short stacked players Thomas Fuller and Jared Davis who locked horns next with both players going All In. Davis looked in great shape to take the pot holding pocket Aces against Fuller’s The Aces held up with the board coming down and Fuller was out of the tournament in 4^th winning $68,796.

Negreanu let this lead slip losing quite a few hands to both players and eventually finding himself short stacked, with $50,000 less than what Jared Davis had. It was Jared Davis who knocked Negreanu out of this tournament holding pocket Fives against The pocket Fives held up with the board showing and Negreanu was out in 3^rd taking $101,351.

Don Baruch had a large chip stack compared to Jared Davis and took his time to pick him off, eventually winning the event hitting a full house holding with the board coming down Davis’s wasn’t good enough and took $149,263 in 2^nd place. Baruch winning $264,107, a Corum watch and his first WSOP bracelet in 1^st place.

WSOP 2007 Event 21 No Limit Hold’em Shootout Result:

• 1^st Don Baruch $264,107
• 2^nd Jared Davis $149,263
• 3^rd Daniel Negreanu $101,351
• 4^th Thomas Fuller $68,796
• 5^th Michael Wehner $36,855
• 6^th Brendan Lee $22,113
• 7^th Doug Baughman $15,971
• 8^th Erick Lindgren $12,899
• 9^th Fred Goldberg $9,828

Win your seat at this years WSOP 2007 main event, by entering the many online freerolls on offer at Full Tilt, Pacific Poker, and Party Poker over the next couple of weeks.  Check out our Freerolls page for full details.