Orel Hershiser's run at the Heads-Up Championship is over. He got a lead, but lost it, then shippped with J 10 against Bloch's A 9. The flop of 9 6 7 gave Orel some outs, but the 6 turn wasn't one of them. The river then came the 2 and Bloch moved forward to the semis while Hershiser's impressive run is cut short. He'll have some great memories and $75k to take home with him though - not bad for a few days of playing cards.

After suffering a setback not long ago Andy Bloch has succeeded in chipping back up and is now leading once again. The current count puts Bloch on $222,000, leaving Hershiser with just under $100k. The player to bust in this match will get $75,000 while the victor will guarantee himself at least $125,000.

The blinds are up once again in the match between Orel Hershiser and Andy Bloch. $5,000/$10,000 is the new price and with only $320,000 chips in play that means these two players will soon be forced into action.

Orel Hershiser has taken a 2-1 chip lead on the strength of some aggressive play and good cards. After an Andy Bloch check, Hershiser bet $12k into an A-K-5 flop. Bloch called and the same scenario played out on the 2 turn. Both players checked the 3 river and Hershiser took it down with K-J.

Orel Hershiser just got all-in and managed to make the best hand hold up to take a slight lead in his match with Andy Bloch. With blinds of $3,000/$6,000 Hershiser moved in for about $85,000. Bloch dwelled for a few minutes before making the call and laying Q J down on the felt. Hershiser saw he was ahead with A 5 and after the board ran A Q 8 6 6 he was good for the double. Hershiser's now on about $175,000. Bloch has $145,000.

With blinds of $3,000/$6,000 Andy Bloch has Orel Hershiser on the ropes. Wait, that's a boxing analogy. Bloch has Orel down by a few runs in the bottom of the ninth. Yes, that will do. It seems the two are moving in frequently with few pots going to a flop.

Huck Seed is through to the semifinals after insta-calling a David Benyamine river shove with a full boat. The board read 2-3-7-3-5 and Benyamine made the move with pocket nines only to find out Huck held ducks for the full house.

Benyamine cashes $75k for his efforts and Seed will make no less than $125,000 for reaching the semis.

Andy Bloch has extended his lead over big-leaguer Orel Hershiser. Hershiser beat Freddy Deeb, Allen Cunningham and Ted Forrest to get this far but he may have met his match in Andy Bloch. Bloch knows a thing or two about heads-up play, having participated in one of the longest WSOP heads-up matches in the 2006 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event against Chip Reese.

Bloch just showed down trip jacks after squeezing some value from his opponent. We're not sure of the exact figures but it looks like Hershiser's in trouble.

The Huck Seed-David Benyamine affair is a tight one. The match just drew even with Huck calling a Benyamine pre-flop bet and continuation bet on an A-Q-Q flop. The turn came another ace and both players checked. The 3 river was also checked down and Seed's king-high made for the better two pair kicker to take the pot.

Orel Hershiser just min-raised Andy Bloch on the river with air and was insta-called by Bloch with two pair. While Hershiser has displayed some solid poker to this point he could be falling apart here - did he really expect Bloch to fold to a min-raise?

Now Bloch has a 2-1 chip lead and the blinds are up.