Jason Conforti, Maurice Simard, and William Blais got all in preflop. Conforti was the short stack with only 29,000, and Blais had Simard covered. Simard would overtake the chip lead and eliminate Conforti thanks to the turn card.
The flop came and the three players each decided which cards to throw away. After the discard, Blais showed , Simard showed , and Conforti showed . Conforti was in the lead.
The turn was the , giving Simard the pot and the river was of no consequence. Conforti was sent packing and Simard took over the chip lead from Blais. As Conforti was walking to get his payout, Simard waved goodbye.
William Blais just picked up two bounties in bac-to-back hands.
First, he knocked out Hagay Brener with calling Brener's preflop shove. Brener held after the flop, and the board ran out , giving Blais a pair of nines on the turn.
The very next hand, David Cadoche moved all-in preflop, Vasilios Sklavounos called, and Blais three-bet shoved. Sklavounos folded and the flop came . After both players disposed of a card, Blais tabled . Cadoche had outs holding but bricked the turn and river — to bust in 13th.