On the first hand of heads-up, the two players see an flop where James Mitchell calls a bet a of 200,000. Paul Carr then takes it down with a bet of 500,000 on the turn.
The general consensus seems to be that Paul Carr is the weaker, or least experienced at least, of the three. However, today, he has his opponent's tied up in knots, and whether it's luck or excellent timing, everything he does seems to turn to gold.
His lines are very unusual, bet they're working. On the last hand, Carr defended his big blind to a 112,000 button raise from James Mitchell on the button before checking the flop. Mitchell checked behind.
Carr once again checked the turn, but Mitchell reached for chips, putting in 140,000. Carr called.
On the river, Carr turned aggressor, sliding a massive 500,000 across the line.
Mitchell looked perplexed, and deliberated for a good couple of minutes. Carr, meanwhile, looked as cool as the Fonz in the breeze, staring his opponent down as if he didn't have a care in the world.
In the end, Mitchell released his hand and Carr took down yet another big pot, much to the joy and elation of his ever-increasing rail.
Suddenly he's upped to cruise control, has that Paul Carr. He's won almost all of the last six or seven pots - each with a cheer from his fan base.
He put in one reraise against Valikoski to make the Finn fold, while another time he simply opened to a chunky 550,000 preflop to take the blinds and antes.
The final three seem to playing aggressively preflop, but adopting a more cautious approach post-flop, and the latest hand continued that trend.
Raising it up from the small blind, James Mitchell received a call in the big blind from Santeri Valikoski. The was checked all the way down, Mitchell snapping up the goodies with .
"It seems like he has showdown value, like king high or something," observed Channing correctly as the board was being dealt.
More chips for Paul Carr, who is still more passive than the other two. On the turn of a board, he check-raised James Mitchell's 140,000 bet to 400,000 making the Englishman fold.