Jan 16, 2018
Photo: Scott Baumstein (left) flopped a set of jacks, leaving A.J. Kelsall (right) drawing slim to stay alive.
Scott Baumstein raises from the cutoff to 500,000, A.J. Kelsall moves all in from the small blind for 3,275,000, and Baumstein snap-calls with . Kelsall turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes , and Baumstein flops a set of jacks for a huge lead. Kelsall gets up to leave, though he still has runner-runner outs.
The turn card is the , giving Kelsall a gutshot straight draw, and he walks back toward the table to see the river card.
The river card pairs the board with the , and Baumstein wins the pot with a full house, jacks full of deuces, to eliminate Kelsall in fifth place.
Scott Baumstein – 18,000,000 (72 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – Eliminated in 5th Place ($56,239)