Event 1: Scott Baumstein Doubles Up With Queens, Then Eliminated in 87th Place in the Last Hand Before Dinner

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  86 of 3,730

Scott Baumstein
Scott Baumstein

A player raised from middle position to 60,000, 2018 WPT DeepStacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Scott Baumstein moved all in from middle position for 255,000, and his opponent called with 5s5d.

Baumstein turned over QsQd, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Ac6h4sAh9c, and the pocket queens held up for Baumstein to win the pot and double up in chips.

Scott Baumstein  –  575,000  (23 bb)

Unfortunately, a short while later in the last hand before the dinner break, Baumstein was eliminated in 87th place.

Scott Baumstein  –  Eliminated in 87th Place  ($1,670)

With 86 players remaining from a field of 3,730, the average chip stack is about 865,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,670, and the next pay jump is $1,800 for 81st place.