The heads-up match has mostly consisted of completes and folds. Chris Ferguson has managed to gain a little ground in the last few minutes without any board reaching fifth street.
On fourth street, Mike Wattel bet, and Chris Ferguson called. On fifth street, Wattel bet again, and Ferguson called. Both players checked on sixth street. Wattel checked seventh street, and Ferguson bet. Wattel called.
"Nines up," said Ferguson, tabling and taking down the pot.
Chris Ferguson bet on fourth street, and Perry Friedman called. On fifth street, Ferguson bet again, and Friedman took a moment before raising all in for his last 30,000. Ferguson called.
Ferguson was ahead with a better ace-high, but Friedman moved ahead after pairing his three on sixth.
Ferguson elected to peel and give Friedman a sweat.
"Four-sider. That's not good for you," Ferguson said. He turned over the , giving him the lead with a pair of nines.
Friedman turned over the and was eliminated in third place.
Ferguson and Mike Wattel are now heads-up, with Wattel holding a sizable lead.
On fourth street, both players checked. Ferguson bet fifth and sixth streets, with Friedman calling. Ferguson bet on seventh street, and Friedman folded, saying something about a pair and a flush draw.
Mike Wattel: / /
Chris Ferguson: / /
Perry Friedman: / - fold
Mike Wattel was the bring-in, and Chris Ferguson completed with the showing. Perry Friedman called before Wattel three-bet. Ferguson and Friedman both called.
Fourth street gave Wattel the lead with the , and he bet. Ferguson called, and Friedman folded. Wattel held the lead and continued betting all the way through seventh. Ferguson called on seventh, and Wattel tossed out three jacks, showing .
Ferguson showed a queen in the hole and then mucked.
Chris Ferguson: / - fold
Perry Friedman: / /
Mike Wattel: / /
Mike Wattel brought-in, Chris Ferguson completed, and Perry Friedman called. Wattel also called.
Wattel bet when his up-card paired on fourth street, and Ferguson folded. Friedman called. On fifth street, Wattel bet, Friedman raised all in, and Wattel called.
Friedman held straight and flush draws and hit his straight on sixth street.
Wattel still had full-house outs but bricked on seventh street, and Friedman doubled to around a half million chips.
Perry Friedman doubled through Mike Wattel after pulling an ace on seventh street to make aces up. Wattel had a pair of jacks which improved to kings up, but was still behind Friedman.
Chris Ferguson completed, and Perry Friedman raised. Ferguson called, then check-called a bet on fourth street. On fifth street, Ferguson checked, and Friedman bet. Ferguson double-checked his down-cards before raising. Then Friedman double-checked his down-cards before calling.
Friedman check-called on sixth street before he check-folded on seventh street.