Stacy Levac opened to 1,200 in early position and was three-bet to 3,500 by Roy Rochette in the cut off. Levac made the call. The flop came , and Levac checked. Rochette bet again, this time for 6,500, only to be met by a shove of 13,900 by Levac. Rochette looked uncomfortable as he was thinking it through, but he finally made the call.

Levac:
Rochette:

Rochette needed to see a nine however the on the turn and on the river were of no help to him. Levac’s pair of queens got him a double up to bring him within striking distance of the current chip average.

Over on the next table, Darren Elias was short stacked and open shoved under the gun for 10,400. Jean Poirier made the call in late position, and everyone else got out of the way.

Elias:
Poirier:

Elias was behind, but those suited connectors gave him live cards. The flop came , and Elias hit a pair. The turn and river were bricks for Poirier, leaving Elias in better shape than he was before the hand started.