- Big Stax XXV 500 Main Event 8:50 PM
- Level 23 (12000/24000/4000)
- Total Entries: 874
- Players Remaining: 33
MacKinnon is up to ~1.6M midway through Level 23 and a big chunk of those chips came by eliminating Greg Fishberg.
Fishberg opened the pot from early position and was flatted by MacKinnon on the button as well as the big blind.
Flop: 10♠10♦5♠ Pot: ~150k
The big blind checked. Fishberg bet 51k and was raised by MacKinnon to 150k. The big blind folded before Fishberg pushed in his stack of ~500k. MacKinnon made the call.
MacKinnon A♠K♠ vs Fishberg A♦10♣ Pot: ~1.15M
Turn: 8♣
River: 4♠
MacKinnon was drawing to just a flush draw but managed to find one of his nine outs in the end and eliminates a dangerous player in the process. He is now among the top stacks in the field with four tables remaining.