Marc Doyer-St-Jean has been among the chip leaders since mid-way through Day 2, but he has just lost a huge pot on a cooler as Tedde Ballanger doubled through, putting him under the chip average for the first time tonight.
Tedde open shoved from middle position and Marc called very quickly. The other players folded and the cards were on their backs:
Tedde:
Marc:
Marc not only had Tedde dominated but also kept any possible diamond draws from being any use.
The flop of
was not kind to Marc, however, and the turn and river
just twisted the dagger. Ballanger stacked up 1.2M total after the hand, and Marc is left with about the same.