Scott’s elimination was a two-part affair, as he lost most of his chips a few hands ago when his finished second-best to the of Said Michailidis in an all-in preflop situation.
With only 575,000 behind, he waited two hands before the big blind swung around to him, and once 40% of his stack was automatically forced into the pot, he felt compelled to throw the rest in facing a late position raise from Jean-Hugo Robitaille.
He was in rough shape, as his was up against the , and once the board showed an ace, he had no chance left of winning the pot.
Jean-Hugo scored his third knockout of this final table out of three eliminations, increasing his chip lead as play enters 7-handed.
8th place: Scott Shevlock – $3,600