We were very close to having a champion as we just saw Mihai Manole get all-in on the flop with nothing but an open-ended straight draw. Manole was the one to move in, on a flop of K T 4, and get called by Jensen who tabled K 3. Manole needed help with Q J and got it when the 9 hit the turn. Jensen was drawing dead on the river and was forced to double-up his heads-up opponent. We'll get the chip counts as soon as Manole is done stacking his chips.

There hasn't been much action to speak of in this heads-up match so far as both players feel each other out. There's still a bit of room to move before it turns into a shove-fest so stay tuned for all the action.

We've reached a new level and the blinds have been raised to $12,000/$24,000 with a $3,000 ante.

Here are the counts for our final two players.

Brian Jensen	$1,687,000
Mihai Manole	$563,000

 

With the elimination of Martin Clemmensen in third place we are now down to heads-up play. Brian Jensen of Denmark has a big chip lead over Romania's Mihai Manole so stay tuned to see how it all shakes out. Chip counts for our final two players will be up in a moment.

After being crippled just one hand ago Martin Clemmensen has been eliminated, losing an all-in coin flip against chip leader and fellow Dane Brian Jensen. Martin moved in from the small blind and Jensen made the call from the big, tabling pocket fours as he did. Clemmensen would need to improve with J 9 and got part of the way there with the flop of Q T T. Any king, jack, nine or eight would do it but the board finished out 6 A and Martin Clemmensen is out. Officially he takes $87,300 but in accordance with the deal reached earlier he'll be taking $111,500.

Martin Clemmensen has just been absolutely crippled as a result of getting all-in before the flop against Mihai Manole. Clemme raised from the button, Mihai moved in from the big blind and Clemme called. When the stacks were counted down we saw Mihai was actually the all-in player but he was in great shape with pocket sixes to Martin's pocket fours. The board changed nothing for either player and Martin is left with just $60,000.

Brian Jensen just took down another pot, pushing Martin Clemmensen out of a hand on the river. It began with the two seeing an unraised flop of J 3 2 from the blinds. Clemmensen checked from the small blind and Jensen did the same from the big. The turn was the Q but before the card hit the felt Martin tossed in a blind bet of $20,000. Brian then raised to $60,000 and Clemme made the call. The river was the K and after a check from Martin, Jensen bet out $80,000. Clemmensen tanked for a few minutes before eventually folding. Brian Jensen is in the driver's seat with about $1.6 million of the $2.25 million in play.

Martin Clemmensen opens to $60k from the button and Brian Jensen re-raises to $180,000 from the big blind. Mihai Manole gets out of the way and Martin goes into the tank, shuffling chips as he ponders the decision. After a few minutes he shows an ace and tosses both of his cards in the muck.

Mihai Manole has been the short stack at the table for some time, despite doubling-up through Martin Clemmensen not long ago. In this hand Brian Jensen opened to $60,000 from the button only to see Manole move in from the small blind for about $180,000. Priced into the hand, he made the call, but saw his K T was dominated by Manole's K Q. The board ran K J 8 9 4 and Manole is good for the double. He's now on close to $400,000.