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Mortensen opened the pot with a preflop raise to 525 holding . His opponent then kicked it up to 1,700 and Mortensen made the call.
The flop came down and Mortensen checked to the raiser who fired a continuation bet of 2,500. Mortensen then check-raised to 7,000 and his opponent made the call, bringing the action to the turn: .
Here, Mortensen continued to put on the pressure, firing a 10,000 bet which was called by his nemesis.
The last card off the deck was the and Mortensen fired another 10,000 bet leaving himself about that much behind. His opponent dove into the tank for a few minutes before a player sitting to his right apologized and then called the clock. A floorperson approached the table and gave Mortensen's opponent a minute to act. With about 10 seconds left on the countdown clock, a call was made and Mortensen revealed his hand. Disgruntled, his opponent tossed his cards into the muck and Mortensen raked in the pot.