15th place: Simon Quintal

  • Level: 28
  • Small Blind: 30K
  • Big Blind: 60K
  • Ante: 10K
  • Chip Average: 2.3M
  • Remaining: 13
  • Entries: 1079


  • 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: Ace of Clubs 10 of Clubs
    Simon: 8 of Spades 8 of Hearts

    The flop came Ace of Diamonds King of Clubs 3 of Clubs to put Rodney well in the lead. The board ran out 9 of Diamonds 6 of Diamonds 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 King of Diamonds 10 of Hearts. It folded back to the Big Blind (Brent Wheeler) who called.

    Simon: King of Diamonds 10 of Hearts
    Brent: Ace of Hearts 8 of Diamonds

    The board came: 6 of Hearts Ace of Hearts 8 of Diamonds 4 of Spades 5 of Diamonds and Simon was eliminated.

    15th place: Simon Quintal, $10,675.00

    Simon Quintal