Bernard Lee still holds the chip lead against former WSOP Player of the Year and two-time bracelet winner Frank Kassela. The last few hands have been quiet, with each of them winning an equal amount.
Bernard Lee has been pulling away from Frank Kassela heads-up. After several missed draws, Kassela lost pots to a queen and a jack-seven. Finally, though, he won a pot with a ten-eight.
On this hand, Kassela opened to 65,000 and Lee called.
Lee drew one, and Kassela drew two. Lee checked, and Kassela bet 80,000. Lee called very quickly.
"Ten-eight," said Kassela.
"Ten-eight what?" asked Lee.
"Ten-eight perfect," Kassela replied, showing 
.
Lee mucked.
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 7,000
Bernard Lee opened to 58,000, and Frank Kassela three-bet to 179,000. Lee called. Kassela stood pat, and Lee took one.
Both players checked, and Lee tabled a ten-eight. Kassela tossed his cards into the muck, and Lee kept ahold of the chip lead.
Frank Kassela and Bernard Lee both drew two, and that led to Kassela winning the biggest pot of the heads-up portion of the tournament.
Kassela opened to 58,000, and Lee called. Lee drew two, and Kassela also drew two. Lee bet 91,000, and Kassela raised to 225,000. Lee snap-called.
"Call?" questioned Kassela. "I have a wheel." He showed 
, and Lee mucked.
"You won't believe how good I was there," Lee said. He later shared that he made an eight-six.
There hasn't been much play in the early stages of this heads-up battle. It took about ten hands before the two finalists had their first significant encounter.
Bernard Lee was dealt a set for three straight hands, forcing him to fold them all. Him and Frank Kassela just tossed their chips back and forth across the table.
In the first hand they played post-draw, Kassela opened to 58,000, and Lee called. Lee stood pat, and Kassela drew two. They both checked, and Lee tabled a jack-ten for the win.
A couple hands later, Kassela opened again, and Lee called. Lee took one with Kassela drawing two. Lee bet 86,000, and Kassela called. "Pair!" Announced Lee, as Kassela turned over jack-ten to claim the pot.
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Tim McGuigan has been eliminated from Event #13 in third place and will take home $37,032.
McGuigan got the last of his chips in drawing pretty live against a pat hand from Bernard Lee.
Lee opened to 56,000, and McGuigan went all in for 133,000. Lee called, and after McGuigan drew one, Lee stood pat with 
.
McGuigan showed 
and drew a six to pair. He was eliminated in third place.
Lee is now heads-up for his first WSOP bracelet against two-time bracelet winner Frank Kassela. Lee currently has a little more than two-thirds of the chips in play.
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 6,000
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