The first big blow of heads-up goes to Matt Kirby.

Kirby moved all-in preflop for his remaining 2,185,000 chips and Michael Esquivel made the call. It turned into a race with Kirby showing against the of Esquivel. Kirby caught up on the flop and the board ran out doubling up Kirby. Kirby now trails Esquivel by the slightest of margins with Esquivel at 5,000,000 and Kirby at 4,440,000.