Hand #32: Jean Gaspard Eliminated 9th by Roman Valerstein in an A-K vs. A-K Situation

Photo:  Jean Gaspard (left) and Roman Valerstein Valerstein

Hand #32 – Roman Valerstein raises UTG+1 to 135,000, Jean Gaspard moves all in from the small blind for 1,325,000, and Valerstein calls with . Gaspard turns over , and unless somebody makes a flush, it’ll be a chopped pot.

The board comes , and Valerstein rivers a club flush to win the pot, eliminating Gaspard in painful fashion in ninth place.

Roman Valerstein  –  3,700,000  (62 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($60,817)

This is the second year in a row that Gaspard has had a top-10 finish here at the WPT Borgata Poker Open after finishing seventh last year.