Donnie Phan carried a 4,270,000 to 1,050,000 chip lead into heads-up and went from one card away to now having Frank Covich drawing into a dead head for the title.

Covich was all-in for his remaining 1,010,000 chips holding against Phan’s . But Phan nailed the flop to take the lead. The came on the turn and Phan sat a fateful card away from victory. That victory though went to Covich as he caught the giving him a straight and doubling him up to stay alive in the tournament.

Shortly afterward, Covich hit trip queens in a million chip pot moving him up to 2,720,000 chips putting him in a virtual dead heat with Phan’s 2,610,000 chips.

What was one card away from the end of the tournament is now shaping up to be a war for the 2019 MSPT Indiana State Poker Championship. It’s going to be one heck of a showdown as heads-up play continues here from Tropicana Evansville.