Bernard Boutboul Eliminated in 12th Place (€19,000)

Bernard Boutboul of France returned from the break to a severely short stack of 89,000. Soon the big blind reached him. "Sixteen?!" he said, noting the increase in the blinds. He put out his 16,000, then watched as Michael Meyburg raised all in from middle position and it folded back to him. He fretted for awhile, then just shook his head as he folded his {5-Diamonds}

face up. Not good enough, thought Boutboul.

Not sure what Boutboul had the next hand -- his small blind -- but he had to fold again after Meyburg again went all in, then big stack Vadim Markushevski called from the button. Those two turned out each to have ace-king, and ended up splitting the pot.

On the next hand, Adrian Schaap was the one putting in a preflop raise, and when it folded to Boutboul on the button he made the call with his last 66,000. Alas, someone else had gotten ace-king again, saw Boutboul, as Schaap showed {A-Hearts}