McCarty's Elimination Brings About the Bubble

Senh Ung opened for 82,000 and received a call from Vladimir Troyanovskiy. When action reached former Red Dragon winner James McCarty in the big blind, he moved all in for 578,000. Ung folded and then Troyanovskiy slid in a big stack of red T25,000 chips to signify a call.

Troyanovskiy:
McCarty:

McCarty was behind, but he was drawing to two live cards. The flop actually gave Troyanovskiy top set, but it also gave McCarty a flush draw. "Heart," one of McCarty's supporters called from the rail. The dealer instead put out the .

"Heart," the same supported yelled before the river, obviously oblivious to the fact that Troyanovskiy had made a full house to leave McCarty drawing dead. Whether or not McCarty realized that is unknown as he simply stared at the board until the dealer put out the on the river.

McCarty exited in seventh place, and that means we're on the bubble. One more player will go home empty handed while the other five will earn themselves a nice payday here in Macau.