by James
20. July 2010 06:32
There always has to be one at every WSOP and unfortunately it was Tim.
Tim McDonald, an American fisherman bubbled out of the WSOP Main event after four days on high intensity poker in Vegas when his pair of ladies met Erkenovs Aces and Two’s
It was inevitable though. When 7,319 people knew they were going to enter the event, there was always going to be the 748th player who is the last unpaid place.
As a result, McDonald walked away with nothing. If he had hung on another minute or so, he would have won a minimum of $19,263.
To make things a hell of a lot worse, as McDonalds world crashed around him, the remaining 747 all stood up and hugged each other as they knew they would all be going home $10,000 richer.
A shattered McDonald said afterwards: “I felt like I could sit there and go ahead and grind out a check, but I was trying to play good poker no matter short-stacked or otherwise.”