High Roller Champion: Mike "Timex" McDonald

The High Roller has come to close after almost 17 hours of play over 2 days, and seasoned pro Mike “Timex” McDonald was the last man standing, earning a cool $200,000 prize for his win along with a Playground Poker Spring Classic Champion’s Trophy. 47 players registered into this $10,000 + $300 event, of which 6 made a re-entry, and the final 6 players earned a cash payout.

Mike McDonald brought the field to the final table by eliminating Day 1 chip-leader Michael Addamo in 10th place, taking over the chip-lead in the process. Jason Koon was the first to exit from the final table after running into the of Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault. Mike then brought the event into the money by eliminating both 8th place John Krpan and 7th place Ryan Yu.

Sorel Mizzi found a runner-runner flush to eliminate Vishal Singh Maini in 6th place, who collected a $20,000 min-cash. Benoit Galland ($30,000) and Roberto Romanello ($50,000) were then sent to the rail leading to the final 3 – Mike, Sorel and Marc-Olivier.

Play continued 3-handed for several orbits before Marc-Olivier called Sorel’s 4-bet all-in. Marc-Olivier came from behind and score the knock to take over the chip lead as heads-up began between him and Mike. Sorel collected a 3rd place prize of $84,100.

Marc-Olivier began the heads-up match with a 3-to-2 chip advantage, although the stacks were flipped in a matter of minutes. Midway through the second level of the duel, Marc-Olivier bumped to 100K from the small blind and found a call from Mike. Both players checked on the flop, and Mike checked once again as the hit the turn. Marc-Oliver bet 150K, and called Mike’s check-raise of 500K. On the river, Mike slid forward a bet of 800K, and called off Marc-Olivier’s all-in raise. Both players tabled a full house, however Mike’s Sixes-full with triumphed over Threes-full as Marc-Olivier showed .