Kim Crackes Baumstein's Aces
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Gilsoo Kim opened to 9,000 from under the gun and Champie Douglas made the call on the button. Scott Baumstein in the small blind raised it to 26,000, and after some thought, both Kim and Douglas made the call.
The flop came 
and Baumstein pushed all his stack in the middle. Only Kim made the call and the remaining players tabled their cards.
With 
, Baumstein had the dominating hand, against 
for Kim, but a 
turn and 
river gave the winning hand to Kim, who eliminated Baumstein and climbed to 260,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
181,100
|
181,100 |
|
220,000
155,100
|
155,100 |
|
Busted |