MacDonald Tries to Be a Hero
"Klyukvenniy" opened the action with a raise to 40,000 in the cutoff and Tom "7tHEcROw7" MacDonald defended the big blind.
The flop of 4♦6♥9♣ subsequentially saw MacDonald check to his opponent, who made a continuation-bet of 34,100. MacDonald then fired a raise to 115,00, which "Klyukvenniy" called.
The A♥ was turned and MacDonald now slowed down with a check. "Klyukvenniy" responded with a small bet of 60,000 chips and MacDonald made the call.
The K♥ river completed the board and MacDonald checked once more. This time, "Klyukvenniy" went all-in for 336,420 chips. MacDonald went deep into his time bank, but eventually made the call.
"Klyukvenniy" showed A♠6♠ for two pair and MacDonald was not even close to beating that with his Q♣9♦ for a pair of nines. "Klyukvenniy" doubled up to over a million while MacDonald, who sat near the top of the leaderboard at the start of the day, was left with just 500,000 chips
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,132,840 | |
|
498,536
-1,428,567
|
-1,428,567 |