Don Baumer had been among the bigger stacks for most of the day. He just lost a massive pot to Cory Bogert and then was eliminated on the very next hand. In the middle of all that, Jeremy Scharf picked up aces and almost tripled up.
On the first hand, the board read and Bogert checked to Baumer. He bet 250,000 and Bogert called.
The turn was the and Bogert open shoved for about 900,000 more. Baumer called and turned over queens. Bogert showed two pair with . The river was the and Baumer was left with scraps.
On the next hand, Baumer went all in under the gun for 150,000 and Scharf called. Bogert shoved to put Scharf all in and Scharf snap called.
Scharf had aces against the of Bogert and the of Baumer. Scharf would win the hand and almost triple up.
Cory Bogert is opening most hands and getting only a little bit of resistance so far. On the last hand, Lloyd Ney three-bet him and he folded, but for the most part he is picking up small pots here and there.
Robert Keeling was eliminated in 6th place when Don Baumer finally won a flip. Baumer had pocket fives against the of Keeling and turned a set on the turn, right before the hit the river.
Stephen Green was eliminated in seventh place for $9,638. He was in the small blind and shoved all in with . Lloyd Ney was in the big blind and immediately called with .
A king on the turn spelled the end of Green's run. Ney is now over 1-million.