WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 6
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Level: 29
Blinds: 200,000/400,000
Ante: 50,000
1. Kirk Morrison - 17.6 million (seat 1)
2. Paul Lee - 7.45 million (seat 5)
3. Carlos Mortensen - 7.2 million (seat 3)


, Lee checks, Morrison bets 500,000, and Lee folds. Morrison takes the pot. Hand #83 - Paul Lee has the button in seat 5, Morrison limps from the small blind for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes


, and both players check. The turn card is the
, and they check again. The river card is the
, putting a four-card straight on the board with three hearts. Morrison bets 700,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
Hand #85 - Carlos Mortensen has the button in seat 3, and Lee raises from the small blind to 1.2 million, winning the blinds and antes.


, Mortensen bets 1.1 million, Lee moves all in, and Mortensen immediately calls all in for 5.05 million. Lee shows

for a pair of tens, but Mortensen has 
for a pair of aces. Lee needs a ten to bust Mortensen. The turn card is the
, and the river card is the
, and Mortensen's pair of aces holds up to double him up in chips.

, and he is the favorite over Lee's 

The flop comes


, and Morrison retains the lead. The turn card is the
, and Morrison makes a pair of tens to clinch the hand, leaving Lee drawing dead. (The meaningless river card is the
.)Paul Lee is eliminated in 3rd place, earning $1,082,920.