Nicolas Aubut has eliminated Philippe Plouffe and Rong Xu in a single hand. We missed the details of the hand but it seems that Rong open shoved his
and Nicolas went all-in over (way over) with
. Philippe came along for the ride holding a suited 9-10 (not sure which suit). When the dust settled, Rong and Philippe were both at the tournament desk picking up their payout slips.
Nicolas, on the other hand, is now playing with over 600K in his stack.
7th place: Rong Xu, $250
8th place: Philippe Plouffe, $180