WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 6
Hand #104 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card pairs the board with the , Morrison bets 400,000, and Mortensen calls. The river card is the , Morrison bets 700,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
Hand #102 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the and they check again. The river card is the , and they check again. Morrison shows a 2 to win the pot with a pair of deuces.
Hand #99 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 500,000, and Mortensen calls. The river card is the , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 1 million, and Mortensen calls.
Morrison shows a 10 for a pair of tens, and Mortensen shows a 9 for a pair of nines. Morrison takes the pot.
Hand #97 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 400,000, and Mortensen calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , and they check again. Mortensen shows 10-4 to win the pot with a pair of tens.
Jack McClelland: "Carlos had 10-4, and Kirk was over and out."
Hand #95 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 400,000, and Mortensen checks his option. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Mortensen bets 400,000, and Morrison calls. The river card is the , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 1.3 million, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
If Morrison calls, this pot will be worth 13.3 million, and could swing the entire tournament.
Morrison finally calls, showing A-J for trip tens with an ace kicker. Mortensen shows K-2 for trip tens with a king kicker. Morrison makes an extremely difficult call to win a huge pot and take a big lead in the final stage of this tournament.
Another difficult aspect of heads-up to overcome is the fact that you are forced to play every single hand and focus during every moment of play. During full tables, it's possible to take a hand or two off and space out after mucking a hand.
The player who displays the best mental toughness usually prevails heads-up.