Patrick Hanoteau Eliminated in 9th Place ($25,044)
Patrick Hanoteau began the day as one of our chip leaders, and in fact moved in front at one point early on. But a series of losing hands saw the Frenchman's stack slip to ninth position, and just now he was forced to commit the last of his chips.
The hand began with Hanoteau raising to 70,000 from middle position, Karl Gal reraising behind him, and Hanoteau calling with his remaining 40,000 or so. Hanoteau had 
and Gal 
.
The flop came 
, giving Hanoteau the flush draw. The turn was the 
, adding a Broadway wrap for Hanoteau. But the river was the 
, and Hanoteau is out.
Gal now has 561,000.