John Monnette Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,530)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
John Monnette was all in by fourth street, heads-up against Rep Porter. On fifth street, the boards looked like this:
Monnette: /
Porter: /
Monnette was in a big lead with two to come, but he bricked off with a and a to be stuck with a ten-low. Porter was drawing hot. He pulled a and a to make an eight-seven at showdown and signal the end of the road for Monnette.
"Runner-runner," Monnette astutely noted as he stood up to gather his things. "Perfect-perfect." With that, he was whisked away to the payout desk to collect 13th-place money.