Event 3: Philippe Plouffe Doubles Through Paul Smerdon

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool:  $91,875
Level 19:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 175

Philippe Plouffe raised all in for 21,000 from the button and Paul Smerdon called in the big blind (with just 1,000 behind afterward) with Td6h. Plouffe showed Ah5d and needed to hold.

The board came 7s6c3s4d9h, giving Plouffe a seven-high straight to double up.

Down to 1,000, Smerdon busted the following hand.

Philippe Plouffe  –  54,000  (7 bb)
Paul Smerdon  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($1,741)

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