Timex Running Out Of Time

It's usually bad karma not to chop when action folds to the blinds in a cash game, but that's not an option in a tournament like this. As such, we witness a blind-versus-blind battle that just saw a 500,000 chip pot pushed Timothy Adams' way.

It began when action folded to Mike "Timex" McDonald in the small blind and he opened for 11,500. Adams responded with a three-bet to 26,500 from the big blind, McDonald four-bet to 55,500, and Adams shoved all in for 252,000. McDonald, who only had 267,000, made the call to put Adams at risk.

Showdown
McDonald:
Adams:

McDonald got it in good, but Adams managed to pull ahead in this race when the flop came down . Neither the turn nor river helped McDonald and he was left with just 15,000 after the hand.