Bill Perkins was moving ahead of Mike McDonald in a pivotal heads up match. On this hand, McDonald opened to 24,800 with and Perkins called with . The flop came and both players checked the flop.

The turn was the and Perkins checked. McDonald bet 26,000 and Perkins called. The river was the and Perkins checked for a third time. McDonald bet 52,000. Perkins called and took a big lead over McDonald.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Perkins	777,000 260,000	260,000
Mike McDonald	222,000 -254,000	-254,000