We were down to 20 players, the final two tables. But in the last few seconds we’ve gone down even further, to 19.
The shortest stack at the table found himself with a pocket pair, and rightly shoved for his remaining stack of 29,000. Considering the fact that the blinds are 3K/6K, it was a timely decision.
Unfortunately for Sylvain Lessard, his pocket 9’s ran into Marc Petit’s 
.
When the board came down 
, Sylvain’s night was over.
He almost made it! The top 17 of this tournament are paid, and so finishing in 19th will only garner him the personal satisfaction one can derive from lasting almost to the end of a tournament – but not quite.