Hand #117 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Mortensen checks. The flop comes , Mortensen checks, Morrison bets 700,000, and Mortensen calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , Mortensen bets 4 million, and Morrison folds. Mortensen takes the pot.
Hand #118 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Morrison bets 800,000, and Mortensen folds. Morrison takes the pot.
Hand #119 - Kirk Morrison has the button, he raises to 1.2 million, and Mortensen folds.
Carlos Mortensen is picking up several small pots and adding to his stack as he's fighting to stay alive. He looks calm and cool, while Morrison has a less jovial look on his face. For the first several hours, Morrison always had a smile on his face. As soon as he sat down to play Mortensen heads-up, he's been giving off intense looks. With $4M at stake, this is no time to be Mr. Nice Guy.
Hand #120 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes , Morrison checks, Mortensen bets 600,000, and Morrison folds. Mortensen takes the pot.
The two have played thirty hands heads-up. Carlos Mortensen now has 12M to Kirk Morrison's 20M. They both won five pots each over the last ten hands, but Mortensen's pots have been slightly larger. Mortensen also folded his button twice in that span.
Hand #122 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 600,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , and they check again. The river card is the , putting a four-card straight and three hearts on the board. Morrison checks, Mortensen bets 1.1 million, and Morrison folds. Mortensen takes the pot.
The players take a short break before the blinds increase to 400,000-800,000, with a 100,000 ante. The red (25,000) chips will be colored up during the break.