In a big hand on table 3 they were at the turn with a board of K 5 3 Q with two spades. John McGuinness (Toms River, NJ) was all-in against Julian Miranda. Julian was making a decision for his tournament live, so he tanked for a bit, then exposed his hand, which was A5 of spades.
John McGuinness
The floor was called to make a ruling. Julian was given a warning and if he exposes his cards again with action pending, he will get a ten-hand penalty. He was still having trouble making a decision. Then John turned over his cards -- pocket Aces. He was also given a warning for exposing his hand. Julian eventually folded and John collected this pot, chipping up to ~900k.
The entire table was issued a warning and if anyone exposes their cards with action pending, they will get a penalty.
John is the brother of Mike McGuinness, who also made day 2 of this event. "We're the next Mizrachi brothers" John said. He has a picture of his daughter in his card protector which he holds up proudly and says "It's all in here. This almost won me a bracelet". Sure enough, John was heads-up with Bahador Ahmadi in the $2,500 Limit/No Limit Mixed Hold'em event at the 2009 WSOP. John finished 2nd for $172,227.
