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 |