Saturday, June 11, 2016 2:54 AM Local Time
John Monnette Eliminated in 3rd Place ($135,061)
John Monnette - 3rd Place
No-Limit Hold'em
Jean Gaspard raises to 100,000 from the button and it folds to John Monnette, who moves all in from the big blind for approximately 350,000. Gaspard calls and the hands are turned over.
Monnette:
Gaspard:
The flop comes down [ , keeping Monnette's king-queen out front.
"Four!" calls Monnette, rooting for his opponent's out. "Just give it to him."
The turn is the , giving Gaspard additional outs to make a heart flush. Gaspard lets out a squeal of delight and claps his hands.
"Just give him the four," says Monnette, standing from the table.
The deck seemingly obliges, as the spikes on the river to give Gaspard a winning pair of fours.
"Yep," says Monnette. "There it is. Here you go."
Monnette stacks his chips and slides them across the table toward Gaspard. With this win, Gaspard now goes into heads-up play with a chip lead of approximately 4.4 million to William O'Neil's 1.6 million.
Jean Gaspard - 4,400,000
John Monnette - Eliminated in third place ($135,061)