Don Baumer is running white hot right now. It wasn't too long ago he was the chip leader with almost 700,000, but after some hits and the natural tournament flow, he got down to about 600,000.
Now he is over 1-million and reclaims the chip lead from Lloyd Ney.
The series of hands went like this.
Hand #1: Paul Fehlig and Baumer were heads up and Baumer had placed a 100,000 bet on the turn. The board read 
and Fehlig called.
Baumer bet another 100,000 when the 
hit the river and Fehlig called. Baumer showed 
for a flush and won the pot of more than 500,000.
Hand #2: The very next hand, Baumer was on the button and two players limped before he acted. He set out a stack of chips and called all in, which got the table to quickly fold.
Hand #3: About two minutes after that, Baumer eliminated Fehlig with 
against the 
of Fehlig. The two shook hands and Fehlig hit the rail
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
562,000
|
562,000 |
|
Busted |
flop and Scharf checked. Fehlig bet 32,000 and Scharf called.
against the 
of Kamenjarin.
. 
.
, giving Pedroli the hand and the full double up.
