McDonald Keeps Climbing
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Mike McDonald cut out an early position raise and found calls from Anton Iaroslavskii in the small blind and Max Silver in the big.
The trio of players saw a flop of 
and there were two checks back to McDonald. He continued out for 70,000 and Iaroslavskii quickly let go of his cards. Silver called to see fourth street which was the 
. He checked once more and McDonald continued his aggression by betting 200,000. Silver stayed the course.
The river brought the 
and Silver checked for a third time. McDonald moved forward 450,000 and Silver went into the tank. About a minute passed before he opted to let go of his cards. McDonald was pushed the pot and now has about 3.3 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,300,000 | 366,000 |
|
2,000,000 | -333,000 |