Mike McDonald Eliminated in 4th Place (€269,400)

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Level 21 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Mike McDonald raised to 200,000 from under the gun with and Vitaly Lunkin called from the small blind with . Steve O'Dwyer peeked at his cards in the big blind, saw , and tossed out a call as well.

The trio took in an absolutely mammoth flop of . This flop gave McDonald trips against Lunkin's full house. There were two checks over to McDonald who moved out a continuation bet of 250,000. Lunkin slid out a check-raise to 750,000 and O'Dwyer mucked his hand. McDonald thought for a moment and then flat called to see a turn.

Fourth street was the and Lunkin came out swinging with a bet of 1,000,000. Timex replied by shipping all in over the top for 1.95 million and Lunkin snapped him off. McDonald was left looking to make a bigger full house on the river but it was actually Lunkin who improved with the final card as the rivered giving him quads. McDonald was eliminated in fourth place and will collect €269,400.