Mike McDonald Climbing the Leaderboard
Niveau 8
: 600/1,200, 140 ante
While many eyes have been focused on the "Free-Throw Challenge" put forth by Mike "Timex" McDonald, he is hoping to make other headlines with his poker playing this weekend. In search of his first-ever WSOP gold bracelet, McDonald has recently made a jump up the leaderboard.
'Docstarz' raised it up to 2,640 in the cutoff and McDonald just called from the button. The two players went heads-up to a flop of 
. 'Docstarz' checked to McDonald who bet 2,660 and 'Docstarz' came in with a check-raise shove for 14,346. McDonald called and his opponent in trouble.
McDonald showed 
while 'Docstarz' held 
. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river secured the win for McDonald who moved inside the top 10 chip counts.
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