Cousineau Pulling Away

Chad Holloway

Roch Cousineau has pulled out to a decent lead thanks to the last couple of hands. In the first, Steven Loube raised to 75,000 under the gun and Cousineau defended from the big blind.

Cousineau proceeded to check-call bets of 95,000 on the {4-Spades} {J-Spades} {10-Spades} flop and 175,000 on the {3-Hearts} turn, and then both players checked the {2-Diamonds} river. "I fired into you twice with the {A-Spades} ," Loube said and tabled {A-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} . Unfortunately for him, Cousineau held {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} to take both the high and low.

In the next hand, Cameron Mckinley raised to 60,000 on the button only to have Cousineau three-bet to 216,000 from the small blind. Mckinley made the call, both players checked the {K-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {J-Clubs} flop, and Cousineau bet out 186,000 on the {9-Clubs} turn. Mckinley sent his cards to the muck and Cousineau took down another.