The deal the players reached at 5 remaining seemed to accelerate the tournament from 5 to 2, but now that we’re heads up the $10K left up for grabs is very close to the pay jump between 2nd and 1st in the original payout structure. In addition, of course, to the bracelet they’re playing for!
As a consequence this has become a pretty epic heads up battle – the players have played for a solid hour with no quit evident in either one.