We're not sure of the action, but we do know that a short-stacked Amaury Detoc just doubled through McLean Karr. When we arrived the board read and Detoc had laid out in front of him while Karr held .
"That's how you win tournaments," Karr explained. "Double up the short stacks then win monsters of the big stacks."
John Monnette opened for 4,600 from middle position and received a call from Amaury Detoc in the cutoff. It was heads-up action to the flop, and Monnette promptly checked to Detoc, who fired out 5,300. Monnette thought for a moment before moving all in and Detoc quickly called off for 26,800 total.
Showdown
Detoc:
Monnette:
Monnette was well out in front but needed to dodge the open-ended straight draw of Detoc. He did so on the turn, but not after the dealer burned and slowly flipped over the on the river.
"Really?" Monnette exclaimed. "You're going to sweat me like that?" Monnette was clearly upset the dealer had paused before revealing the river, and he was quite vocal in his opposition. Regardless, the result was the same and Detoc doubled to 65,000.
Meanwhile, Anthony Russo has been eliminated from the tournament in 31st place.
After the quick eliminations of [Removed:224] (30th), Gianluca Cedolia (29th) and Frederic Penel (28th), we are down to the final 27. That means it's time for a complete table redraw, which we will have for you in just a bit.
We're not sure of the action, but we can confirm that Casey Kastle has just doubled through Remi Bollengier. The former held on a board while the latter had .