McDonald Busts Juanda
From the button, John Juanda raised to 57,000. Mike "Timex" McDonald was in the big blind and three-bet to 144,000 when play got over to him. With action back on Juanda, he took a minute and then announced that he was all in — a total bet worth about 850,000. McDonald made the call.
McDonald turned up the 
and had Juanda's 
in bad shape.
On the flop, the dealer spread the 
and McDonald maintained his lead. The turn was the 
and the river finished the board with the 
. Juanda had missed and was left with nothing but the felt in front of him.
McDonald went to extend his hand to Juanda, as he has been doing every time he has eliminated someone, but this time he didn't get the return reach. In Juanda's defense, it looked as though he had already turned his head away to get up out of his seat and simply didn't see McDonald. Either way, it didn't phase McDonald and he went back to stacking up his chips to move to 4.6 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000 | 870,000 |
|
Busted |