Johannes Strassmann Doubles Through Mike "Timex" McDonald, Confusion Ensues

With the board reading {J-Hearts}

on the turn, Johannes Strassmann led into Mike "Timex" McDonald with a 4,000 bet. After thinking over his decision for several minutes, McDonald shrugged, saying, "I can't fold this," while pushing his entire stack of red 1,000 chips into the middle, setting Strassmann all in. He quickly called, turning up {Q-Hearts}

to McDonald's {K-Diamonds}

. The river was the {4-Spades}

and Strassmann earned the double-up.

However, the dealer pulled McDonald's whole stack of reds into the pot without counting down Strassmann's stack first to determine how much McDonald owed the pot. As he began to push it to Strassmann, McDonald, as well as the man on his left, Jason Mercier, piped up, saying that McDonald should be getting some of those reds back.

While the dealer took on a sort of "deer in the headlights expression," McDonald, Strassmann, and Mercier re-created the pot themselves, which indeed resulted in McDonald being refunded some of those red chips.

After all the dust settled, McDonald was left with 9,500 while Strassmann was up to 19,000.

Tags: Jason Mercier Johannes Strassman Mike McDonald Timex