It was a spirited heads up match that saw the chips fly around pretty freely. Michael St. Pierre-Porter looked like he was on a run to the win when they got heads up as he had a huge chip lead.
But poker, especially heads up, is a game of variance, and O’Bertos wouldn’t die. He doubled a very short stack a couple of times to stay alive, then got into a small lead before St. Pierre-Porter got it back again.
O’Bertos was finding cards when he had to, however, at one point spiking a nine against pocket tens to hit his underset and stay alive, as well as a hand where he went runner-runner Broadway to catch a double.
For his part, St. Pierre-Porter was also running pure throughout the final table. He had the lead most of the way, not least because he busted the first three players from the table on his own. He had several chances to win it against O’Bertos, but variance kept kicking him back down again.
The set of nines was the hand that gave O’Bertos a big lead, but St. Pierre-Porter put on a show of his own, doubling back to even. It was at that point the players decided to call it a night with an even chop of the money.
