Harold Kruger Eliminated in Huge Pot
, Harold Kruger led into two opponents with a bet of 20,000. Jeff Banghart was the first of those opponents and made the call. Behind him, John McDonald min-raised to 40,000. Harold Kruger then announced, "All in" for about 55,000 more. The all-in move shot Banghart from his chair as he was faced with a very tough decision. "Just get these out of my hand!" exclaimed Banghart as he folded after a few moments of pacing."I call!" proclaimed McDonald turning over pocket nines and yelling "Full house!" Kruger disgustedly turned up his pocket aces.
The turn brought the
and the river the 
. McDonald clapped his hands together in triumph while Kruger immediately made way for the exit."You get all my chips if you slowplay that," said Banghart. "I had two big clubs."
McDonald is now a big chip leader with over 300,000 chips.