Kevin MacDonald, who is fresh off a 5th place winner in Event 4 – High Roller, has been eliminated from the Main Event of the PokerStars Canada Cup.

On a flop of , Justin Miller check min-raised Kevin’s 50K bet, to which Kevin responded with an all-in of 595K. Justin went into the tank for a minute, but eventually made the call.

Kevin:

Justin:

Justin remained ahead, with the turn and river bringing the and , and Kevin picked up his second $20K+ cash of this series.

13th place: Kevin MacDonald, $21,920

McKenzie James Liebzeit is out in 14th place. His elimination was an extended affair which took several hands in an orbit and a half to complete.

It all went wrong for McKenzie when he opened on the button to 40K and then Ryan Rivers went all-in from the big blind. Action returned to McKenzie and he went in the tank before eventually calling the 398K bet.

McKenzie:
Ryan:

Ryan won the hand by spiking the on the turn (the board ended up ) and McKenzie was crippled down to 70K – just 3BB.

On the second hand following this loss, he got it in with and Vincent Jacques called with . McKenzie doubled to 128K on the board of . He was still in critical condition, but a little more healthy than before.

A few more hands passed that included McKenzie folding to raised pots or going all-in and picking up blinds and antes, until his ultimate hand.

Justin Miller raised to 50K and François Goulet called the 50K. Immediately to François’ left, McKenzie shoved (165K). Justin flat called the 165K and then François re-raised and got the quick fold from Justin. The pot was now heads up with McKenzie all in for his tournament life.

François:
McKenzie: .

This time the board was no help to McKenzie as the gave François 2 pairs and sent McKenzie to the rail.

14th place: McKenzie James Liebzit, $21,920

Amir Babakhani fell rather short stacked in the last few levels, and on the first hand back from break, he moved his last 175K in with from early position. Rayan Chamas called from middle position, holding , and everyone else folded.

Rayan spiked a king on the board, and former WPT Canadian Spring Championship winner Amir Babakhani was sent to the cashiers to collect his $21,920 paycheck.

15th place: Amir Babakhani, $21,920

Here are a few photographs from Day 2 of Event 10 – $1,000 + $100 No Limit Hold’em:

Frederic Tisseur

Alexender Wong

Thanh Phu

Edin Cekic

Dejan Kovinic

Shayam Srinivasan

Jeff Cote

Bill Kontaratos

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Here are the chips counts of the remaining players going into level 23:

Table 38 (Feature Table)

1. Rayan Chamas – 2.25M
2. Thiago Nishijima – 1.30M
3. Robert Notkin – 2.11M
4. empty seat
5. Francois Binette – 726K
6. Theodore Doukas – 561K
7. Amir Babakhani – 178K
8. James Armstrong – 956K
9. Antonio Esfandiari – 2.06M

Table 39

1. Vincent Jacques – 1.70M
2. Justin Miller – 1.62M
3. Francois Goulet – 1.06M
4. empty seat
5. McKenzie James Liebzeit – 754K
6. Ankush Mandavia – 497K
7. Ryan Rivers – 587K
8. Kevin MacDonald – 718K
9. empty seat

Unfortunately we missed the hand that eliminated Marcello Delgrasso, but he has hit the rail in 16th place.

16th place: Marcello Delgrasso, $18,810

Jeremie Bilodeau started today as one of the chip leaders but had dropped down in the past few levels. He still had around 665K when he lost his final pot defending his big blind from aggression by Vincent Jacques. We missed the action but by the time the chips got in the middle, Vincent had trips with a ten in his hand and two on board.

17th place: Jeremie Bilodeau, $18,810

Micah Johnson was just one card away from doubling up, but Rayan Chamas hit a 2-outer to eliminate him in 18th place. Rayan opened the action to 35K with his pair of , and was faced with a 3bet from Micah to 83K. Rayan moved all-in, and Micah made the quick call with .

The board seemed good for Micah, until the river hit, and Rayan’s full house on the board propelled him even more into the chip lead by adding Micah’s 410K stack to his own. Rayan now hold over 3.1M.

18th place: Micah Johnson, $18,810

The tournament has been paused while tournament staff complete a full seating redraw with 18 players remaining in the action. When play resumed momentarily, the players will be seated on two tables:

Table 38 (Feature Table)

1. Rayan Chamas
2. Thiago Nishijima
3. Robert Notkin
4. Micah Johnson
5. Francois Binette
6. Theodore Doukas
7. Amir Babakhani
8. James Armstrong
9. Antonio Esfandiari

Table 39

1. Vincent Jacques
2. Justin Miller
3. Francois Goulet
4. Jeremie Bilodeau
5. McKenzie James Liebzeit
6. Ankush Mandavia
7. Ryan Rivers
8. Kevin MacDonald
9. Marcello Delgrasso

Marc-André Ladouceur has been eliminated by James Armstrong in 19th place. Marc-André 3-bet-shoved his remaining stack (around 300K) over James’ opening raise and when it folded around to James, he quickly called.

Marc-André:
James:

Marc-André was in trouble and when the community cards came out he was eliminated.

With this elimination there will be break as there is a full seating redraw with 18 players remaining.

19th place: Marc-André Ladouceur, $16,490

Out in 19th, good luck to @FrankBinette and @AnkushMandavia Back for commentary at Final Table tomorrow #CanadaCup

— Marc-Andre Ladouceur (@MarcAndre_FDawg) May 27, 2014