Shoot Out at the ESPN Mothership
Ten players battle for the championship bracelet.
Ten players battle for the championship bracelet.
Adam Junglen opened to 240,000 from the button and Scott Baumstein made the call from the big blind before checking the flop.
Junglen fired out 300,000 only to have Baumstein check-raise to 700,000 to force Junglen's cards into the muck.
Mark Radoja entered the pot from the button for 245,000 only to have Jeffrey Gross three-bet shove all in for just over 2,000,000.
Radoja swiftly folded and Gross picked up the pot.
Earlier in the tournament when Scott Baumstein's tournament life was at stake he said "I'll use my 'one time'!" and was able to drill a deuce on the turn to keep himself alive. This time, Mark Radoja got all of his money in preflop against Nicolas Fierrogottner and the quote seemed to surface again.
Fierrogottner:
Radoja:
The flop came , coming up air for Radoja. "Okay, okay. I'll use MY one time!" yelled Radoja. The deck apparently didn't hear him because the fell on the turn, leaving Radoja with six outs going to the river. His cheering section by the main stage was yelling like crazy, shouting for aces and kings.
"Come on! Give me an ace! Ace! One time!" yelled Radoja. It seems that on this street the deck was willing to comply as the peeled off and Radoja and company went into a frenzy of celebration. He ran toward the rail and embraced his supporters while blaring out shouts of joy.
Radoja is now our tournament chip leader.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mark Radoja |
4,300,000
1,850,000
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1,850,000 |
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Nicolas Fierrogottner
|
1,650,000
-2,350,000
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-2,350,000 |
Scott Baumstein limped the small blind and Jeffrey Gross checked his option to see a flop fall.
Both players checked, and when the landed on the turn, Baumstein led for 150,000 with Gross making the call as the completed the board on the river.
Baumstein fired another shell; this time amounting to 225,000 which was enough to force a fold from Gross.
Scott Baumstein opened to 250,000 from the button and picked up the 255,000 in dead money before opting to try it again the next hand from the cutoff.
He was again successful, and within two hands added over half a million to his chip stack; which now sits at just under 4 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mark Radoja | 4,300,000 | |
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Scott Baumstein |
4,000,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Adam Junglen |
2,800,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
Jeffrey Gross |
2,000,000
-150,000
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-150,000 |
Nicolas Fierrogottner
|
1,950,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Adam Junglen made it 240,000 to go from the button and was called by Scott Baumstein from the big blind. The flop came and Baumstein checked the action to Junglen.
Junglen reached for a stack of green chips, worth 25,000 each, and put out a bet of 300,000. Baumstein tossed his cards to the muck and Junglen was able to take the pot.
Nicolas Fierrogottner upped the ante from the small blind to 250,000 only to have Adam Junglen move all in.
Fierrogottner paused momentarily before kicking his cards to the muck.
Adam Junglen limped the small blind and Mark Radoja checked his option in the big to see a flop fall.
Junglen led for 160,000 with Radoja making the call before both players checked the on the turn. When the river landed the , Junglen checked and Radoja pushed out a 230,000-chip bet which Junglen called.
Radoja tabled his and collected the pot.