As we all know, poker can be cruel. It was especially true in this hand, which propelled Éric Guindon among the leaders. An escalation of pre-flop raises got Yacine Zekkour, Arun Kumar Singh and Éric Guindon all-in before the first community cards were opened.
Yacine Zekkour:
Arun Kumar Singh:
Éric Guindon:
The 3 best hands in hold’em were tabled, and Yacine was on its way to busting 2 players. However, the board would not have it that way. It started rather innocently, but a runner-runner flush was in the works:
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Guindon triples up to about 270K, taking out Singh and cripling Zekkour, who can be seen below next to Guindon, still smiling after this ordeal.