Baumgartner Stays Alive
Level 27
: Blinds 0/0, 80,000 ante
5♦Q♣J♦K♥J♠
8♣5♣A♦Q♠K♦
Robert Klein was first to act and bet 250,000 on the flop, which both Jacob Baumgartner and Yang Wang called.
When the turn hit, Klein bet around 1,200,000 and Baumgartner, with 390,000 remaining, took around three minutes before he put himself at risk. Wang folded.
Jacob Baumgartner: A♣Q♥9♦4♣ 
Robert Klein: A♠10♦8♦3♣
Baumgartner managed to hang on and get the chop as his two pair held up on the bottom, as Klein took the top with Broadway.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
2,600,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
1,150,000
575,000
|
575,000 |