Monnette Among Recent Casualties

5-Card Draw

John Monnette was sent to the rail and grabbed all his belongings while the pot was shipped to Jeremy Ausmus. Dylan Linde provided the details of the hand that led to the demise of Monnette.

According to Linde, Naoya Kihara opened to 4,500 from under the gun and Monnette made it 12,000 to go on the button. Ausmus four-bet to 30,000 and Monnette was the only caller. Both discarded one card and Ausmus jammed, Monnette called.

Ausmus ended up with a full house, fives over eights, while Monnette's for a flush ended up second best.