Hand #181 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he moves all in, and Mortensen folds.
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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Hand #181 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he moves all in, and Mortensen folds.
Kirk Morrison - 13.4 million
. Morrison shows 
, and Mortensen will have to improve to win the tournament on this hand. The flop comes
, and Mortensen needs a king, a jack, or something runner-runner. The turn card is -- the
! Mortensen makes a pair of jacks to take the lead, and he is one card away from history. Morrison needs an ace or a four to stay alive. The river card is -- the
. It's over! Mortensen wins the hand -- and the tournament -- with a pair of jacks. Kirk Morrison finishes in second place, earning $2,011,135. Carlos Mortensen wins the 2007 WPT World Championship, earning $3,970,415 and cementing his place in history as the only player to win both major poker championships -- the WSOP and the WPT.
Congratulations, El Matador!
2. Kirk Morrison - $2,011,135
3. Paul Lee - $1,082,920
4. Guy Laliberte - $696,220
5. Tim Phan - $464,110
6. Mike Wattel - $309,405
Click here to view the Kirk Morrison video.
Carlos Mortensen became the first player to win both a WPT World Championship and the WSOP Main Event.
Carlos Mortensen won the largest tournament in the history of the WPT.
Carlos Mortensen has won his second WPT event.
Carlos Mortensen was down to 1M in chips at the final table and fought back to win.
