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Mike "Timex" McDonald has just vaulted to the top of the chip counts after scooping a massive pot wherein he doubled through Jason Helder and eliminated Daniel Weinman.
The action began when McDonald opened to 27,000 from early position. Weinman shipped all in over the top for about 250,000 from the next seat over. It folded to Jason Helder in the big blind who looked down at his cards and announced a flat call of the all in.
Action came back to Timex and he sat for a moment before announcing that he was all in over the top for 1.041 million total. Helder announced a call and the table let out a collective gasp at the size of this pot.
McDonald:
Helder:
Weinman:
McDonald was way out in the lead and five cards away from scooping a massive pot. The dealer fanned out a safe-looking flop of and McDonald's aces held the lead. The hit the turn which meant that Weinman was drawing dead. He stood from the table and shook McDonald's hand. The completed the board and a smiling McDonald reached across the table to collect towers and towers of blue T5,000 chips.
Timex is now sitting on 2.35 million while Helder has been left crippled to just 80,000.
As one player chomps his way through the field, Marcel Luske becomes one of the latest fallers, departing the TV table. Meanwhile on the outer table Liv Boeree prepares to join him, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Vanessa Selbst open-shoved for 182,000 in the hijack seat, Jennifer Shahade re-shoved on her direct left, and both the button and blinds folded.
Selbst:
Shahade:
The flop fell , giving Shahade a leading pair of queens, and she held up as the turn and river brought the and respectively.
Selbst exits short of the penultimate day, but with a cash in the Super High Roller and the Main Event, she has a chance to book the PCA trifecta in the $25,000 High Roller.
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Pascal Lefrancois raised to 22,000 from early position and it folded to Vanessa Selbst on the button. The PokerStars Team Pro flatted the raise and Jennifer Shahade announced an all in three-bet from the small blind. Action came back to Lefrancois and he let go of his cards.
Selbst thought for a moment, let loose a sigh, and dropped forward a call. She tabled and was racing with Shahade's .
The flop came down , giving Shahade an open-ended straight draw along with her two overcards. She picked up even more outs when the hit the turn, giving her four clubs to a flush. Shahade made the flush after the completed the board, and she was able to score the double up.
Shahade now sits at 491,000 while Selbst has been crippled to 95,000.
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), and was eliminated.
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hit the turn which meant that Weinman was drawing dead. He stood from the table and shook McDonald's hand. The 
completed the board and a smiling McDonald reached across the table to collect towers and towers of blue T5,000 chips.
, giving Shahade a leading pair of queens, and she held up as the turn and river brought the 
respectively.
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