Polo Santoni Eliminated in 8th Place (168,000 MAD)
Vladimir Shabalin raised to 135,000 from the cutoff, Paul shoved all in from the small blind and so did Polo Santoni. Shabalin looked at his cards once more and then folded them. Santoni had the shorter stack with 725,000.
Paul: 
Polo Santoni: 
The window card was the 
but then the rest of the flop became visible: 
to give Paul quad nines and Santoni needed the last king to survive in the tournament. The turn brought them the 
and Paul shook the hand of Santoni even though the king on the river could change the whole outcome. The river completed the board with the 
. Not the king Santoni wanted and he was eliminated after about 3 hours of 8-handed play and only ten minutes after the dinner break had finished. The French have lost another man in the battle to bring the title back to France.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,780,000 | 795,000 |
|
Busted |