Baumstein Gets There Against Mandavia
Right after the final hand Ankush Mandavia said, "That ace-four call was horrible," as both players started discussing the hands. We ran over and wrote down the final hand which played out in the following manner.
Mandavia was down to his final five big blinds and got it in with 
against 
. The board ran out 
and after flopping a set Mandavia got runner-runnered and Baumstein moved on.
"You just got here for this hand, but you missed the big pot," Mandavia said as we listened to Baumstein who laid out the first big pot the two played. In the first level Mandavia raised to 400 and Baumstein called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Baumstein check-called 400. The turn was a 
and both players checked. The river was a and Baumstein checked once more. Mandavia moved all in for 7,800 and Baumstein looked him up with 
. This cost Mandavia his first lammer.
Mandavia went on to tell his the other big hand. Baumstein min-raised from the button to 1,600 and Mandavia moved all in for 18,000. Baumstein immediately corrected him saying it was 16,500 and after a good three minutes of bickering both players still couldn't agree on the bet size. Baumstein ended up making the call with 
and Mandavia kept stating how bad this was. Mandavia had 
and the board ran out 
giving Baumstein a flush and a commanding chip lead. The final hand was described above and Baumstein moves on to the second round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Busted | |
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and Bloch check-called a bet of 800 to see the 
land on the turn. Both players checked fourth street and then checked the river when the 
completed the board. Blom showed the 
for a pair of twos and Bloch mucked his hand.
and Bloch checked. Blom bet 800 and Bloch called. After the 
fell on the turn, Bloch checked and Blom bet 1,800. Bloch folded.
and was dominating the 
for Bloch. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and was once again dominated against Blom's 
. A board of 
and Esfandiari check-raised the 2,000 continuation bet to 5,200. Rousso tanked for a bit before making the call.
and Esfandiari bet 6,600. Rousso tanked once more before shoving all in for around 16,000 chips and Esfandiari snap-called. Rousso tabled 
and the river was the 
. The players shook hands and Esfandiari filled in his name on the slip that gave him acces to the second round.
flop. The turn was the 
and the river a 
