Monnette Eliminated with a Few Choice Words for Chen
Stud-8
| Bill Chen |  /    |
| John Monnette | /    |
Bill Chen completed on third and John Monnette raised. Chen made the call. On fourth street, Chen checked and Monnette bet. Chen called. On fifth, things got a little interesting.
Chen checked and Monnette bet. After thinking for a little bit, Chen said, "All right, I'll put you in." There was a question about what that actually meant and the floor was called over. It was ruled that the verbalization from Chen was a raise and he had to raise. Monnette called and was all in.
"I've got nothing," said Chen as he turned over the 
.
"I know you have nothing, " said Monnette, showing the 
for a pair of threes.
On sixth street, Monnette picked up the 
and Chen the 
. Chen took the lead with his pair of queens and Monnette was on the ropes.
Both players got seventh street down and Chen asked Monnette if he wanted to show first or not.
"You're first you f***ing idiot," responded Monnette.
Chen then showed the 
and Monnette pulled the 
. Chen's pair of queens were best and he won the pot to eliminate Monnette in 18th place. After the hand, Monnette had a few choice words for Chen.
"You think you're a genius," said Monnette to Chen, "But you're f***ing retarded."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
and Alaei check-called a bet. The turn was the 
and Alaei check-called again. The river was the 
and Alaei checked once more. Yu fired out another bet and Alaei raised. Yu made the call.
for a rivered flush. Yu mucked his cards and was knocked down to just 3,000 chips.
/ 
/ 
/ 
and got half the pot with his low. Fitoussi showed 
/ 
and won the pot.
and Bloch checked. Klodnicki bet 200,000 and Bloch called.
