Jim Routos Eliminated in 9th Place ($61,899)
Level 27
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Antonin Teisseire opened the action from middle position with a raise to 70,000. Jim Routos three-bet him to 175,000 from the cutoff before Narendra Banwari four-bet bet from the big blind to 400,000. Teisseire folded and Routos moved all in for exactly one million chips. Banwari had Routos barely covered and made the call.
Routos:
Banwari:
The flop was and Banwari vaulted into the lead with a pair of queens. The turn was the and the river was the , both bricks for Routos.
He is eliminated in 9th place while Banwari now has 2.3 million chips.