In today’s World Series of Poker review, Mike Wattel made it bracelet #2 after beating Chris Ferguson in the heads-up phase of the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, and the Main Event draws 7,221 players – the third largest in the past 48-years.

There was a baseball stadium full of people who wanted Mike Wattel to beat the living crap out of Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson in the heads-up phase of Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, but Wattel was laser-focused on one person – himself.

That type of intensity comes about when you last won a bracelet 18-years ago, and still had the memory of losing to Nick Schulman in the heads-phase of the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball in 2012. Full Tilt Ponzi schemes don’t enter the equation.

Jesus and the resurrection continue to spark debate throughout the poker community over his involvement in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Had he beat Wattel, when heads-up, he would have taken the lead in the Player of the Year (POY) race, but Wattel put an end to that by taking the most lusted after scalp in this series.