Timex Gets Aces for a Fifth Time; Drops Back Down to Starting Stack
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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
According to his Twitter account, Mike "Timex" McDonald has been dealt aces five times today. We caught the fifth hand, and after unsuccessfully firing three bullets, the Canadian dipped back down to the starting stack.
He and three others took a flop of 
. Franz Ditz checked, McDonald fired 1,225, and the action folded back to Ditz, who called.
The turn was the 
, Ditz checked again, and McDonald bet another 2,625. Ditz called.
The 
completed the board, and Ditz checked a third time. McDonald reached for chips, announced "Fifty-six twenty-five," and Ditz called the 5,625-chip bet.
McDonald showed 
for a pair of aces, but Ditz had that beat with 
for a turned flush.
"Nice flop," McDonald told him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
||
board. Quoss called and was shown pocket aces by the Pole, who survived the 
popped up and Charania threw five blue 25,000-chips to the middle to put his opponent all in. Charania's opponent had only 16,000 left and thought about it for a while.
. Charania didn't show any sign of relief or happiness as he raked in this big pot.
when we came upon the table. Hiren Patel was heads up with Ramzi Jelassi and Jelassi had just fired out a bet of 2,600. Patel called to see the final card.
flop and [Removed:119] bet 2,000 from the big blind. He was called in one spot before the button raised to 5,400. The Team Pro three-bet all in for 21,000 from the small blind with 
.
and Bensadoun scooped the lot with trip nines.
and Karlic bet 4,200, Grafton called once again.
. Karlic's 
