Philippe Plouffe Eliminated in 8th Place ($202,000)
Level 29
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
When are feed came in, Chris Oliver limped in with and Sam Stein raised with to attack the limp. Behind him, Philippe Plouffe moved all in with . Oliver folded and Stein made the call.
The flop came down and Stein was still behind the queens of his all-in opponent. The turn brought the and Stein still needed an ace or a king on the river. He couldn't hit a queen for a straight because Plouffe would hit a full house.
The river smashed the felt with the and nailed Stein's hand. The crowd left out a roar and applauding followed as Plouffe shook the hands of his opponents. He was eliminated in eighth place for $202,000. Stein moved up to second in chips with 7.9 million.