Hands #85-86: Samuel Gagnon Eliminated in 7th Place (CAD $67,790)

Photo:  partypoker qualifier Samuel Gagnon (standing) shakes hands with Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton after Gagnon’s elimination in seventh place.

Hand #85  –  Samuel Gagnon completes the small blind to 80,000, Mike Sexton raises from the big blind to 160,000, and Gagnon folds. Sexton takes the pot.

Hand #86  –  Benny Chen raises from the hijack to 160,000, Samuel Gagnon moves all in from the button for 1,375,000, and Mike Sexton calls from the small blind. Chen folds.

Gagnon turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive against Sexton’s .

The board comes , and the pocket jacks hold up for Sexton to win the pot and eliminate Gagnon in seventh place on the TV final table bubble.

Mike Sexton  –  6,215,000  (78 bb)
Samuel Gagnon  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  (CAD $67,790)

The final six players are now verifying their chip stacks and filling out their WPT bio sheets for tomorrow afternoon’s WPT Final Table, which begins at 4:00 pm ET. Stay tuned for official chip counts.