Yevgeniy Timoshenko limped the button and Mike McDonald exercised his option with a raise to 275,000. Timoshenko sprung to life with a pot-sized check-raise, McDonald moved all in, and Timoshenko called.

McDonald:
Timoshenko:

Both players held an ace, but McDonald's kicker made him a big favorite. The flop was interesting as it put out a lot of chop outs, of which the turn was one of them. The river was the and the dup chopped the pot.