After 20 hands of hand-for-hand play, Olivier Racine has been eliminated in 14th place, and consequently the rest of the players are in the money.
Olivier’s stack had been severely depleted by the time his final hand came along, but even though he was playing no more than a 3 big blind stack, he managed to fold both his big and small blinds. On the button, however, he held – enough to get it in.
Mike Fraser – who no longer has a dominant stack in the tourney – found a call from the big blind, but was holding just .
The flop was – there was not much for anyone in it, and Ace-high probably seemed pretty safe, considering the circumstances. The turn, however, was a and suddenly Mike was open-ended. The on the river sealed the deal, and Olivier was eliminated.