Event 16: Jean Gaspard Defeats Jeff Frerichs to Advance

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em Shootout (Freeze-out)
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Players: 70

Jeff Frerichs (left) vs. Jean Gaspard (right)
Jeff Frerichs (left) vs. Jean Gaspard (right)

Jean Gaspard opened the button with a raise, and Jeff Frerichs defended his big blind.

The flop was AdTd9d. Frerichs checked, Gaspard continued for 2,500, and Frerichs check-raised to 8,000. Gaspard called. The turn was the 8c, and Frerichs bet 12,000. Gaspard moved all in for 39,700 total, and Frerichs eventually called to put him at risk.

Gaspard: AhKs (pair of aces)
Frerichs: Jd9h (pair of nines, straight/flush draws)

The river was the Kh, and Gaspard doubled up with aces up. When the stacks were counted down, Frerichs was left with just 4,000 chips, and he was eliminated a short while later.

Gaspard advanced to the final table.

Jean Gaspard – 105,000
Jeff Frerichs – Eliminated