Loube Leads
After several hours passed between the last two eliminations, it appears players have come back from the dinner break ready to speed things up a bit.
On just the second hand back, Steven Loube opened with a pot-sized raise to 210,000 from the button, Timothy Finne folded the small blind, then Roch Cousineau repotted from the big blind. Loube reraised all in response, and Cousineau called.
Cousineau: 
Loube: 
"Oh man, if I lose this," said Loube, imagining the worst. But the board rolled out 
, and just like that Loube is our new chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
||
|
765,000
-1,050,000
|
-1,050,000 |