McDonald Wins at the Showdown Without a Showdown
Level 6
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
With 60,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Philipp Gruissem bet 35,000 from the under-the-gun position and Mike "Timex" McDonald, who finished runner-up at this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, called him from the cutoff.
When the 
completed the board on the river, Gruissem bet 77,000 and McDonald called. The man known as "Philbort" had obviously been caught trying to steal, and he promptly mucked his cards. That allowed McDonald to win the hand without having to expose his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000 | 110,000 |
|
500,000 | -75,000 |
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. Richard Yong, who if you recall tried bluffing on his very first hand, managed to get his stack in against Vladimir Troyanovskiy, who got off to a hot start today but seems to be stuck in reverse.
was put out on the river for good measure, and Yong was pushed the pot while an aggravated Troyanovskiy took stock of his remaining chips.
board Smith checked. Quoss bet out for, what appeared, 60,000. Smith thought about it for quite some time, before calling.
for the flopped flush. Dan Smith had a slightly better flush though with 
, and took it down.
-flop. The turn came the 
.
.
and O’Dwyer continued the aggression with a bet of 38,000. Haxton made the call.
and O’Dwyer checked. Haxton considered what to do for a while and then he also checked.
