At 8K/16K/a2K, Jason Trottier opened to 40K from the small blind. Antoine Labrie went ahead and shoved his 140K, holding the very capable
. Trottier called the difference, having a strong stack and the price being right. He had
. The flop was promising for him:
. The
turn hurt Labrie in a big way, as he was now reduced to 2 outs for half the pot. After the
fell on the river, Antoine Labrie walked away as the bubble boy with a badbeat story.
The rest of the field is now in the money. Here are some pictures of those players and of some recent eliminations: