Kevin Boudreau Eliminated in 2nd Place ($313,792)
Chance Kornuth opened for 200,000 from the button and Kevin Boudreau made it 600,000 from the big blind. Kornuth flat-called. They saw a flop.
Flop:
Boudreau bet pot.
"OK, let's get it in," said Kornuth. They turned the cards over. Boudreau was ahead.
Kornuth:
Boudreau:
Turn:
The roar from the Kornuth rail could have burst a blogger's eardrum as Kornuth made trip eights.
River:
Boudreau fell away from the table into the consoling arms of his rail, while the Kornuth rail continued to cheer and Kornuth himself made a phone call.
"Hi dad, I won," he told his father on the other end of the phone. "Bracelet, baby!"
Says it all.