$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
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 .
Baumstein turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came , 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.