Scott Baumstein was enjoying his big stack when this hand came down: The hijack started the action with a raise to 475 and the cutoff called. Baumstein made it 1,475 to go and only the cutoff called. The flop brought the and Baumstein continued with a bet of 975. His opponent decided his best course of action was to move all in. He pushed out his entire stack, which made it 8,075 more for Baumstein. Baumstein called and the cards were flipped.
Baumstein:
Opponent:
The turn was the which gave Baumstein's opponent an up-and-down straight draw to go with his two pair and set draws. The river awarded the pot to his opponent with trip fives. Baumstein was still left with an above-average stack of 16,500, but he missed an opportunity to take the chip lead.
The field is moving at a lightning pace as all of the tables in the Pavilion room have been broken. Tables have begun breaking in Brasilia which means the entire remaining field is currently in this room.
The player under the gun opened to an unknown amount and action folded around to Eugene Katchalov who flat called from the big blind.
The dealer fanned onto the felt and Katchalov checked. His opponent tapped the table back and the dropped down on fourth street. Katchalov led for 550 and his opponent stayed the course.
Fifth street paired the board with the and Katchalov moved 1,250 into the middle. His opponent called but quickly mucked when Katchalov tabled . Katchalov is now sitting on about 9,200 in chips.
Table 11 in the Gold section received some bad news when Antonio Esfandiari showed up at their table. He hasn't stopped talking since he sat down and he is trying to get some prop bets going with his table mates on how many virgins will be playing in the series this year. We will keep you posted if we hear of any booked bets but for now we know for sure that Table 11 is all smiles and it will be the noisy table for this event.
Jamie Kerstetter was heads up with an opponent who led out for 175 on the turn. Kerstetter clicked it back to 600 from the button and her opponent called.
The hit the river and it was checked on over to Kerstetter. She shot out 1,100 and her opponent called. Kerstetter tabled for a straight and took down the pot.