Mike McDonald Eliminated in 7th Place

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First in from the button, Mike "Timex" McDonald opened to 44,000, and the action came to Viktor Blom's big blind. He shot a glance, then three-bet to 126,000, and McDonald shoved in for 447,000 total. Blom asked for the count, then made the call with a chance at the knockout. It was the right call, and he had McDonald in a bad way as the cards were turned up.

Showdown
McDonald: {K-Spades} {J-Clubs}
Blom: {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades}

Things improved in a hurry for McDonald as the {9-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {6-Hearts} flop vaulted him into a big lead. Next door, Daniel Negreanu piped up with some dramatic foreshadowing. "I think an ace is coming. Ace of spades. I feel it. Do you feel it?"

The turn was the other pointed spade, the safe {4-Spades} , and Timex was one card from the double.

River: {A-Hearts}

Somewhere, Barry Greenstein just got a royalty check for that ace on the river. Blom re-sucks on the end to earn the pot, and with it come all the rest of McDonald's chips. Relegated to the rail in seventh place, McDonald will leave with $0, and the remaining six players are now squarely on a rather large money bubble with five places paying out at least a quarter-million dollars.