McDonald Makes a Big Call
with four players still in on the action. Jesse Hale checked, Ari Engel checked, Jeffrey Daubs fired 5,000, and John McDonald called. Hale then raised to 25,000. Engel folded and Daubs folded shortly after. Action was back on McDonald and he would make the call.The turn came the
and Hale immediately shoved all in. McDonald went into the tank for a good few minutes. The total bet was 66,600 and was for a huge portion of McDonald's remaining stack. After minutes ticked off the clock, McDonald made the call with 
. Hale was behind, but had a lot of outs with the 
.The dealer burned and dealt the river... the
, nailing Hale with two pair! He was able to scoop the massive pot and now has over 160,000 chips. Many of the spectators of other players were amazed by the call and gave props to McDonald for making it, despite his misfortune on the river.