Johnny Mack Triples Up With the Worst Hand

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Sick hand here. Marco Traniello raised to 24,000 and Bill McNamara raised to 72,000. Before they could figure out if he was covered John MacCarthy announced all-in. It turned out he had exactly 1,000 less than McNamara, and once that was straightened out Traniello called. Here are the hands they showed down

Traniello: JJ
McNamara: KK
MacCarthy: A7

The flop of {3-Hearts}

kept McNamara in the lead, but MacCarthy hit an Ace on the turn and that held up to give him the pot and the triple-up.

McNamara thought he only had a single yellow chip left, but it was pointed out that he'd won another yellow chip from Traniello in the side pot since his kings beat Marco's jacks. "I've got two chips, can I have two chairs?" he quipped.

Tags: Bill McNamara John MacCarthy Marco Traniello