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.
Mohsin Charania opened to 400 from the button and was called by both blinds. The dealer spread onto the felt and there were two checks back to Charania who continued for 575. The small blind called and the big blind folded.
The duo saw the fall on the turn and both players tapped the table to see the hit the river. Charania's opponent fired 1,000 and Charania pushed out a raise that totaled enough to put his opponent all in. Charania's opponent snap called and showed for a rivered two pair. Unfortunately for him, Charania had for a club flush.
Charania scored a knockout and is now sitting on about 14,500 in chips.
Action folded to Jake Cody, on the button, and he put in a raise of 500. The player in the small blind reraised to 1,500. Cody announced all in and after some thought his opponent called. Cody showed and his opponent turned over .
The board ran out and Cody's hand held up eliminating his opponent.
With 1,069 total entrants, the prize pool information has officially been released. The top 180 players will make the money with a min-cash netting $2,871. While a min-cash is not an achievement to be scoffed at, everyone is eyeing up the $324,764 first-place prize that also comes with a gold championship bracelet.