Simon Quintal has been flying under the radar for most of the later stages of the tournament, never the chip leader but never short-stacked either.
That changed after Rodney Lawrence raised all-in from middle position and Simon called from the button.
Rodney:
Simon:
The flop came
to put Rodney well in the lead. The board ran out
and kept him there – he doubled to over 1.2M in chips on the hand.
With just around 200K left in chips, Simon found a way to fold for a few hands before getting it in UTG holding
. It folded back to the Big Blind (Brent Wheeler) who called.
Simon:
Brent:
The board came:
and Simon was eliminated.
15th place: Simon Quintal, $10,675.00