Mike McDonald Takes Down partypoker MILLION North America High Roller Win

As a last minute tournament added to the schedule, the partypoker MILLION North America High Roller event started out with only 7 players competing. The $10,300 buy-in event soon saw more players ponying up the cash to try and earn the first place win in the $500,000 guaranteed event. In the end, a total of 53 players participated with Mike McDonald earning the win.

Only the top six would earn a payout so everyone was trying to hold on till the final table. In the end, it would be McDonald up against Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault in heads up play which lasted around an hour. Perrault would begin with the chip lead but the two players would switch the lead back and forth several times before McDonald gained the final lead.

On the final hand, around 200,000 was in the pot and the board read K-6-4-3 with McDonald checking to Perrault. Perrault decided to bet 150,000 and McDonald check-raised 500,000. Perrault would eventually call and the river would show a 3 of diamonds. McDonald would lead out with 800,000 and Perrault would move all in with 1,900,000. McDonald would call and show pocket sixes for the full house while Perrault was shook with his smaller 4-3 full house.

McDonald would earn the win and Perrault would finish in second, earning CA$130,000 for his efforts. The 2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America now continues with the Main Event which is already in full swing. The Main Event is offering CA$5,000,000 in guaranteed prize money with the winner set to earn a minimum of CA$1,000,000.

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