Carlos Mortensen shows 6-5 for the nuts -- a seven-high straight -- to win the pot.
WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 6
Carlos Mortensen shows 6-5 for the nuts -- a seven-high straight -- to win the pot.
Hand #126 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, and he folds. Morrison shows A-2 as he collects the blinds and antes.
Hand #124 - Carlos Mortensen has the button, he limps for 800,000, and Morrison checks. The flop comes , Morrison checks, Mortensen bets 1 million, and Morrison folds. Mortensen takes the pot.
Kirk Morrison - 23 million
Carlos Mortensen - 9 million
What happened in the last 30 minutes?
Carlos Mortensen won several small pots over the last level. He's still way behind Kirk Morrison who has well over 23M. Despite trailing Morrison, Mortensen looks as calm as he's been all evening. Meanwhile Morrison looks a little stressed and looks like he's trying too hard to avoid mistakes. He's playing too passively and Mortensen is taking advantage.
Level: 31
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000