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WPT Amneville Day Four: The Scott Baumstein Show
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
Nineteen players came into the penultimate day of the World Poker Tour's annual jaunt to Amneville hoping to secure a final table berth. The man at the top of the chip counts was Scott Baumstein, who had been leading them all since the end of Day Two. At the end of the day the final six selected themselves and Baumstein was still at the top with 3,910,000 chips. It was an impressive feat to lead all the way from day two, but what was even more impressive was the style in which he did it. There is no other way to describe it other than sexy poker, and in fact he was that good we can just call it the Scott Baumstein show!
The day started off disastrously for anyone dreaming of a final table littered with superstar names, especially after Arnaud Mattern and Joseph Cheong both found early exits. Mattern continued his woeful run of luck when he got all of his money in the middle of the table holding 10
10
on a board of 10
3 2 - three-way. Jean Phillipe Rohr was holding J J and Adrien Allain was holding A A. Then just as Mattern was thinking of a second placed berth, an ace on the turn handed Allain an unlikely victory, whilst simultaneously eliminating the luckless Mattern and Rohr. The hand turned Allain into the tables chip leader and he played the big stack amazingly well after that.
Nesrine Kourdourli was trying to reach back-to-back WPT Amneville final tables, but her chances were slim after Adrien Allain won that three-way all-in. After that hand, Allain made Kourdourli's life hell with a series of mind numbing three and four bets. After the Allain battering, Arnaud Trouer eliminated Kourdourli in 12th place and that meant six fresh new faces for our final table.
Arnaud Morel was eliminated in 11th place and we were reduced to one table of ten players. The two chip leaders were Scott Baumstein and Adrien Allain and they were seated next to each other; Allain had the dominating position. Was Allain going to hammer down on Baumstein in the same way that he did with Kourdourli? Allain certainly tried but Baumstein was ready and waiting.
Baumstein raised to 38,000 from early position and Adrien Allain three-bet to 100,000. The action folded around to Baumstein and he immediately four-bet to 250,000. All eyes were on Allain who was sat behind towers of chips stacked in piles of forty. The super-cool young Frenchman slowly moved a tower of yellow chips into the middle making it 500,000 to play. "One million," said Baumstein.
Allain mucked instantly. "You can get away with three betting those people over there… but not me," said Baumstein before showing the whole casino K 10
.
That hand was the making of Baumstein and apart from one pot he lost to PartyPoker qualifier Jordan Ouin in the final stages of the day, Baumstein ran the show. As we approached the middle of level 24, PartyPoker qualifier Anders Bisgaard woke up with pocket jacks and moved all-in only for Adrien Allain to find pocket aces. Bisgaard was disposed of and we had our final table of six.
Here were there final standings:
1st - Scott Baumstein - 3,910,000
2nd - Adrien Allain - 2,675,000
3rd - Jordane Ouin - 1,915,000
4th - Thibaud Guenegou - 1,500,000
5th - Arnaud Trouer - 1,005,000
6th - Michel Konieczny - 295,000
Join us tomorrow at the later time of 15.00 (CET) for the WPT final table here at WPT.com.
08:17 PM, 11/05/11
Anders Bisgaard Eliminated in 7th Place (€35,780)
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
Adrien Allain, who had been missing for the last few orbits, returned to the table to find a hand worth raising. Allain made it 50,000 in early position and Thibaud Guenegou called in the small blind. Anders Bisgaard was in the big blind, "all-in," said Bisgaard.
"Call," snapped Allain.
Guenegou folded pocket nines and it was a good fold.
Allain: Ax Ax
Bisgaard: Jx Jx
Board: Q Q 10 A 4
Bisgaard was our 7th place finisher and that was our final table set in stone.
07:10 PM, 11/05/11
Guillaume Marchechal Eliminated in 8th Place (€26,690)
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
Thibaud Guenegou raises to 55,000 from under the gun and the action folds to Guillaume Marechal moves all in for 267,000 chips and he thinks Guenegou has called and he turns over 99. Guenegou says "It's a flop" and he makes the call with AJ.
The final board runs out QJ733 and we are down to seven players in the main event.
06:40 PM, 11/05/11
Baumstein and Allain Tangle Again: Same Outcome!
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
Scott Baumstein raises to 50,000 in early position and Adrien Allain three-bets to 130,000 one seat to his left. Nobody else wants to tangle with the two chips leaders as they fold to Baumstein who makes the call.
Flop: 8 6 4
Baumstein checks to the raiser and Allain bets 130,000.
"I am all-in," said the man with 4.5 million chips.
Allain, who is still in second place, folds his hand.
Baumstein - 4,900,000
Allain - 1,440,000
06:37 PM, 11/05/11
Adrien Allain Wins The Family Pot
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
We join the action on a flop of J 6 5 and almost everyone is involved in the pot. The first player to bet is Anders Bisgaard and his 60,000 bet is called by Adrien Allain whilst everyone else folds. The turn is the 4 and Bisgaard fires his second barrel of 80,000 and Allain once again calls. The river is 9 and Bisgaard checks. Allain counts out a bet but before it crosses the line Bisgaard surrenders.
Allain - 1,700,000
Bisgaard - 710,000
06:31 PM, 11/05/11
Tony Blanchandin Eliminated in 9th Place (€19,310)
Level 24: 12,000-24,000, 4,000 ante
Tony Blanchandin raises to 42,000 from middle position, Jordane Ouin folds but Michel Konieczny calls. The action then folds to Arnaud Trouer in the big blind and he also comes along for the ride. The flop is AJ5, Trouer checks, Blanchandin bets 60,000, Konieczny folds but Trouer moves all in. Blanchandin calls instantly and the cards are turned over.
Blanchandin: AK
Trouer: AJ
A cooler of a hand for Blanchandin and he will need some help from the board or he will be eliminated from this tournament. The turn is the 9 and the river 3 was no help either and we are down to eight in the main event.
06:28 PM, 11/05/11
The Scott Baumstein Show
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Scott Baumstein is turning into a chip hoovering machine. He has just won every hand for the last three orbits and the only person who has tried to outplay him, in the past hour, was Adrien Allain (and we all know how that ended!) Anders Bisgaard just tried to have a pop at him. Let's see how that went?
Baumstein raises to 45,000 from the under the gun and Anders Bisgaard calls in the big blind. The flop is A 6 6 and Bisgaard check-calls a 50,000 bet. The turn of 3 was checked through and we see the 4 on the river. Bisgaard checks and Baumstein bets 200,000. Back to the psychologist Bisgaard and he studies and studies the face of Baumstein. He studies so hard he even moves his seat to see if he can look behind his sunglasses. He eventually calls and grimaces as Baumstein shows him 9 8 for a flush and Bisgaard mucks his hand.
Baumstein - 3,900,000
Bisgaard - 780,000
05:50 PM, 11/05/11
Inside the Mind of Super Scott Baumstein
Level 23: 10,000-20,000, 3,000 ante
Super Scott Baumstein talking to us about his flopped King high flush earlier in level 22.
If you want to get inside the head of our chip leader then watch this great video.
05:09 PM, 11/05/11
Sandiep Khosa Eliminated in 10th Place (€13,061)
Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante
Sandiep Khosa moves his final 142,000 into the middle from the button. To make things a little bit more interesting he was blind! Thibaud Guenegou made the call and Khosa was facing a potential elimination.
Guenegou - 2 2
Khosa - J 6
Board: A 8 4 7 9
The deuces of Guenegou holding and Khosa is out.
05:05 PM, 11/05/11
The Greatest Hand Of This Tournament (So Far!)
Level 22: 8,000-16,000, 2,000 ante
We have just witnessed an amazing hand between our two chip leaders.
Scott Baumstein raises to 38,000 from early position and Adrien Allain three-bets to 100,000 one seat to his left. The actions folds back around to Baumstein and he immediately four-bets to 250,000.
All eyes on Allain who is sat behind towers of chips stacked in piles of forty. The super-cool young Frenchman slowly moves a tower of yellow chips into the middle. He made a five bet for half a million chips against the chip leader! What the hell is going on?
Back to Baumstein.
"One million," says Baumstein.
Allain mucks instantly.
"You can get away with three betting those over there… but not me," says Baumstein before showing the whole casino K 10.
To say Adrien Allain was red-faced is the understatement of the century.
Baumstein - 3,540,000
Allain - 1,700,00
A photo of Baumstein telling a very red-faced Allain,
"You can get away with three betting those over there… but not me,"
05:01 PM, 11/05/11
