Kevin Blais has been eliminated in 6th place on a slightly weird hand. He shoved his small stack of just over 1M chips from the UTG position and the dealer announced the all-in. It folded around to Shawn Martell in the small blind, who threw in two chips without saying a word, which is (of course) a call of the all-in bet. That being said, it was pretty clear from his surprised look that he only meant to call the Big Blind.
There was no controversy, however, as there was no question that it was a call of the all-in by Kevin whether or not it was Shawn’s intention, and he didn’t protest in any way.
As it turned out, Shawn’s 
was good against Kevin’s 
on a flop of 
. The turn brought the 
and the river cemented the result – 
.
6th place: Kevin Blais, $6,740
