Level: 0
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,406,400
Entries
256
Level
7
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
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After fourteen hours of play, the final eight has been whittled down to a final two.
The thirty-fifth bracelet of the 2010 World Series of Poker was supposed to be presented today, but after a heads up match between Ayaz Mahmood and Ernst Schmejkal that lasted over six hours, play has been paused for the night with Mahmood in the lead with a win under his sleeve.
The two players will be returning tomorrow . . . err today . . . at 7:00 pm PST where they will play the second match of the best-of-three series to see who will be crowned the Event #35 Champion!
Make sure to join the extremely tired PokerNews Live Reporting Team tomorrow as we provide all the live updates from this very intense heads up battle!
Down to just 130,000 -- less than a big blind -- Ernst Schmejkal was all in with 
against Ayaz Mahmood's 
. The board came 
, and Schmejkal was back to 260,000.
All in again the next hand, Schmejkal had this time, and Mahmood 
. The community cards were dealt -- 
-- and after six-and-a-half hours, the first match of the best-of-three final has finally finished.
Ayaz Mahmood limped in from the button and Ernst Schmejkal checked his option.
The flop fell down 
and Schmejkal checked to Mahmood who fired out 300,000. Schmejkal check-raised to 700,000 only to have Mahmood move all in for 3,575,000. Schmejkal quickly called and we were off to a showdown.
Schmejkal: 
Mahmood: 
With Schmejkal in the lead, he would unfortunately see the 
land on the turn to be crippled to 130,000 as Mahmood soars to 7,550,000 in chips.
Ayaz Mahmood raised to 500,000 from the button, and Ernst Schmejkal called. The flop came 
, and both checked. The turn was the 
. Schmejkal checked, Mahmood bet 600,000, and Schmejkal folded.
Schmekjal -- 4.35 million
Mahmood -- 3.3 million
Ayaz Mahmood opened to 400,000 from the button and Ernst Schmejkal made the call to see a 
flop fall.
Schmejkal checked and Mahmood fired out 1,200,000 to prompt a fold from Schmejkal.
It sounds like the players have agreed not to continue beyond this match tonight. Indeed, there was talk about bagging the chips right now and returning tomorrow to finish out Match #1, but it appears that's not going to happen.
Both have agreed that 7 p.m. tomorrow is a good time to resume their battle. We should see fairly soon who of these two will be returning with a 1-0 advantage.
Play has begun with the blinds now 100,000/200,000 -- that means a little over a total of 38 big blinds in play.
Level: 21
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 0