When the tournament director came back with the chip chop numbers, both Ruben Perceval and Kevin MacDonald turned them down, and play went on. The very next hand, Behrouz Ghaedi open-shoved from the button, and found a call from Ruben.
Behrouz Ghaedi:
Ruben Perceval:
Board:
Behrouz was left with just 2 big blinds, which he lost on the next hand when his all-in bet was called by 3 players. Behrouz played a fine game, and goes home with $4,500.00, the 6th place money.
The hand after, David Bonneau found himself all-in with , facing . He failed to improved, and was eliminated in 5th place. David goes home with $6,000.00 and a nice survival story. He reached the average just once, and briefly, but still managed to outlast 162 players.
Congratulations to both!