Andrej Markovinovic and Nicolas Le Floch agreed to tweak the prizes a little bit. Instead of playing for a $2,985.00 difference and a $9,240.00 first prize, they are now playing for a $1,495.00 difference, with $8,495.00 up top.
They have been playing heads-up for about 25 minutes now, and have exchanged the lead a few times already, never dramatically. They are now almost exactly even, and are playing with the Champion’s Trophy sitting beside the dealer as an extra incentive.
Here they are, in a sea of satellite tables, going at it in the true art of heads-up poker:
