Michael "Boonie" Kleist Eliminated in 5th Place ($54,855)

Michael Kleist finished 5th
Michael Kleist finished 5th

Michael "Boonie" Kleist is the latest player to be go after he was eliminated over the course of two hands by Gavin Griffin.

Boonie opened and called Griffins's three-bet to see a {2-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} flop. He checked called a bet here and on the {10-Spades} turn before both players checked the {j-Hearts} river. Griffin opened the lowly {a-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades} but managed to scoop.

That left Boonie with just 50,000 chips in the big blind. Griffin isolated him by raising and the cards wee on theit backs.

Griffin: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Boonie: {q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades}

The board ran {k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} to give Griffin two-pair.

Chipcounts
Gavin Griffin 2,500,000 325,000
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