McDonald Eliminated as the Bubble Boy

As previously mentioned, there were three all ins on the very first hand of hand-for-hand play, and one of them gave us the bubble boy.

It happened over at Table 443 when a short-stacked Michael McDonald of Jonesboro, Arkansas (in other words not to be confused with Mike "Timex" McDonald) moved all in for 8,900 from the cutoff and Fabien Marguerite called from the small blind.

McDonald:
Marguerite:

McDonald was ahead, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, he had a 55.62% chance of surviving the hand while Marguerite had a 43.94% chance. The was kind to McDonald and upped his chances to 76.67%, but the turn was cruel as could be as it paired Marguerite and made him an overwhelming 93.18% favorite. McDonald needed an ace on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked. With that, McDonald left empty handed while everyone else secured a minimum payday of $2,871.