Jaime Staples Eliminated in 10th Place ($12,000 CAD)
Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst opened to 40,000 from under the gun only for Jaime Staples to move all in for 190,000 from the button. Kyle Yun-Wing Ho four-bet shoved for roughly 850,000 and Francois Billard called off with his stack of roughly 600,000. Blouin-Verroeulst got out of the way leaving both Staples and Billard at risk against Ho.
Jaime Staples: A♣K♥ 
Francois Billard: Q♣Q♥
Kyle Yun-Wing Ho: A♦K♣
Billard was in a great spot to nearly triple up with pocket queens against two opponents with ace-king until the 2♣10♣A♥ flop gave both Ho and Staples top pair. The 8♠ turn changed nothing but the Q♦ river gave Billard a set of queens to send Staples to the rail and take down a gargantuan pot while Ho was left with a little over ten big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,335,000 | |
|
455,000 | |
|
230,000 | |
|
Busted |