Maurice Simard Eliminated in 14th Place ($7,750)
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Level 29
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Jason Mandanici-Turcot opened to 425,000 and called a three-bet jam from Maurice Simard with a very similar stack of about 4.6 million.
Simard: 
Mandanici-Turcot: 
A race for a massive stack finished in favor of Mandanici-Turcot as his pair held through the 
.
When the stacks were cut down, Simard had Mandanici-Turcot covered by just 25,000 and was eliminated in the small blind the very next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,600,000
4,610,000
|
4,610,000 |
|
Busted |
, Charles La Boissonniere checked from the small blind. Aaron Lawrence Czaja bet 1,500,000 on the button and La Boissonniere called. 
and La Boissonniere checked again. Czaja quickly slid forward a bet of 2,500,000 and La Boissonniere thought for about a minute before calling. 
for king-high. La Boissonniere tabled 
for a pair of jacks and raked in the pot. 
, in a good spot against La Boissonniere's 
with one over card.
and Mandanici-Turcot exhaled with relief as he doubled through.
and both players checked to the 
to give La Boissonniere a pair of queens for more outs to improve but the river was the 
. Puchalski checked, Janisse bet 425,000 and Puchalski called. 