Francois Billard Eliminated in 5th Place ($30,000)
Level 18
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Jeff Cormier raised to 58,000 from under the gun and Francois Billard moved all-in for 295,000 from the cutoff. Cormier tanked for about half of a minute and eventually called.
Billard was risk and ahead with 
, up against Cormier's 
.
The flop came 
and Cormier flopped the nut straight. Neither player held a spade so Billard needed to back into a hand to survive. The turn was the 
and Billard was drawing dead to the 
on the river to finish for back-to-back High Roller min-cashes at Playground.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,212,000
581,000
|
581,000 |
|
Busted |