Hand #82: Florian Ribouchon Eliminated in 3rd Place ($325,000)

Photo:  Florian Ribouchon (second from right) waits for the turn card as he faces elimination by Matthew Beinner (foreground, right).

HAND #82  –  Matthew Beinner raises from the button to 1,000,000, Florian Ribouchon moves all in from the big blind for about 13,000,000, and Beinner calls with .

Ribouchon turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Beinner flops a set of nines and rivers a full house to win the pot and eliminate Ribouchon in third place.

Florian Ribouchon  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($325,000)

There will be a short break before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts:

Matthew Beinner  –  47,100,000  (94 bb)
Dylan Smith  –  24,600,000  (49 bb)