Mike McDonald (born September 11, 1989) is a Canadian
poker
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player. McDonald is the youngest person to win an event on the
European Poker Tour
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(EPT) and the youngest person to win an event on the
Epic Poker League
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(EPL).
On July 11, 2014, McDonald is ranked #7 on the
Global poker index
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(he ranked as high as #5 in April 2014).
At 18 years of age, McDonald won the EPT German Open in
Dortmund, Germany
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
in February 2008 winning €933,600 ($1,370,161). Earlier in January the same year, he also won the A$1,000 PokerPro No Limit Hold'em preliminary event at the
Aussie Millions
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and came runner up in another preliminary event.
He has had numerous other notable finishes including a 5th-place finish in Dortmund in 2009, and a 3rd-place finish in Deauville on the European Poker Tour, as well as a 4th-place finish in Venice in 2009 on the
World Poker Tour
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and a 6th-place finish in the $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed event at the
World Series of Poker
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.
In September 2011, McDonald won the $20,000 buy-in 8-max No Limit Hold'em tournament at the Epic Poker League earning over $780,000.
McDonald finished in 2nd place at the 2014 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure main event, earning just over $1,000,000 and narrowly missing out on becoming the first player to have two EPT titles.
As of March 2018, his total live tournament winnings exceed $13,200,000.
Notes
External links
Cardplayer.com - Tournament Trail Q & A: Mike 'Timex' McDonaldCardplayer.com - live update logsTimex Mike on Twitter
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Canadian poker players
Living people
European Poker Tour winners
1989 births