, Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 400,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$15,495,750
Entries
639
Level
33
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 639
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, Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 400,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
, and both players check. The turn card is the 
, Mortensen bets 800,000, and Morrison folds. Mortensen takes the pot. Hand #104 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the 
, Morrison bets 400,000, and Mortensen calls. The river card is the 
, Morrison bets 700,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
, Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 500,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot. Hand #102 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the 
and they check again. The river card is the 
, and they check again. Morrison shows a 2 to win the pot with a pair of deuces.
, Morrison checks, Mortensen bets 400,000, and Morrison folds. Mortensen takes the pot. Hand #99 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 500,000, and Mortensen calls. The river card is the , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 1 million, and Mortensen calls. Morrison shows a 10 for a pair of tens, and Mortensen shows a 9 for a pair of nines. Morrison takes the pot.
Hand #97 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes
, Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 400,000, and Mortensen calls. The turn card is the 
, and both players check. The river card is the , and they check again. Mortensen shows 10-4 to win the pot with a pair of tens. Jack McClelland: "Carlos had 10-4, and Kirk was over and out."
Hand #95 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes
, and both players check. The turn card is the 
, Mortensen bets 400,000, and Morrison calls. The river card is the , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 1.3 million, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
, and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the 
, Mortensen bets 1.6 million, and Morrison calls. The river card puts trips on the board with the , Mortensen bets 4 million, and Morrison studies Mortensen for several long, quiet minutes. If Morrison calls, this pot will be worth 13.3 million, and could swing the entire tournament.
Morrison finally calls, showing A-J for trip tens with an ace kicker. Mortensen shows K-2 for trip tens with a king kicker. Morrison makes an extremely difficult call to win a huge pot and take a big lead in the final stage of this tournament.
Another difficult aspect of heads-up to overcome is the fact that you are forced to play every single hand and focus during every moment of play. During full tables, it's possible to take a hand or two off and space out after mucking a hand.
The player who displays the best mental toughness usually prevails heads-up.
