Two players were just eliminated from Event #9 in back to back hands.
Facing an opening raise from Sylvain Bouchard in early position, Nick Nickoletopoulos pushed forward all his remaining chips and was quickly called. Bouchard immediately tabled and Nickoletopoulos reluctantly showed . The board, , improved both hands but Nickoletopoulos came up short and left in eighth place. The deep run earned him $2,050.00.
Sofiane Boulila, the low stack at the table, was the next player to hit the rail when he looked down at and moved all in from early position. The player in the big blind, Ryan Parsons, made the call with . The flop, , was safe for Boulila but the turn, , sealed his fate and the river, , provided unnecessary confirmation.