Cameron Mckinely opened for 29,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Elie Payan in the big blind. When the flop fell , Payan checked and Mckinley bet pot. Payan responded by raising all in for about 120,000 total and Mckinley made the call.
Showdown
Payan:
Mckinley:
Payan's pair of queens was good when his chips went in, but the running turn and river gave Mckinley two pair and the win. Payan seemed a little stunned as he made his way to the payout desk in 21st place.
A short-stacked Tony Kendall had engaged his neighbor to the left, our current chip leader Roch Cousineau, in conversation. The U.K. player asked Cousineau where he was from, and when Cousineau replied he was a Québécois, Kendall said "We share a queen."
Soon after that came a hand in which Kendall was all in but for about 10,000 against Cousineau by the turn with the board showing . With a grin Kendall checked (as if he were folding), and let Cousineau bet before he called. Cousineau had and Kendall . The river brought the , which meant a chopped pot.
Kendall studied the board a little longer. "Now did we share the queen there?" he asked with a laugh.
And one more bustout to report on the last hand prior to the break. Matt Livingston had been among the chip leaders, but lost the bulk of his stack to Timothy Finne in a hand in which Finne was all in with against Livingston's . The board came , giving Finne a full house and knocking Livingston back to short-stacked status.
Livingston would survive a couple of hands thereafter, but ultimately would lose the last of his stack in another preflop all-in hand versus Finne to leave us with just 21 players heading to the last break of the night
Michael Cooper has joined the rapid parade of players hitting the rail as Level 18 comes to a close. In Cooper's final hand, he was all in with against Jonathan Hart's . The community cards came , meaning Hart had the best high (with no low possible), and Cooper was out in 23rd.
Lee Watkinson opened for 27,000 from middle position and cleared the field all the way around to Roch Cousineau in the big blind. He thought for a good thirty second before three-betting, Watkinson four-bet all in for 67,000, and Cousineau called the little bit extra.
Showdown
Watkinson:
Cousineau:
The flop gave Cousineau a flush draw, though that wouldn't be what won him the hand. Instead, the appeared on the turn, followed by the on the river, and Cousineau's five ended up being good enough to win the pot.
Meanwhile, Matthew Wood followed Watkinson out the door in 24th place.
Dan Heimiller has been eliminated after having survived with a short stack for a considerable period. Just now all in with against Paul Ewen's , the board ran out . Ewen had the best low, and that river king nudged him ahead of Heimiller for the high, too.
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, Payan checked and Mckinley bet pot. Payan responded by raising all in for about 120,000 total and Mckinley made the call.
river gave Mckinley two pair and the win. Payan seemed a little stunned as he made his way to the payout desk in 21st place.
and Kendall 
. The river brought the 
, which meant a chopped pot.
against Livingston's 
against Jonathan Hart's 
