Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 16:50 UTC-7

Hand #15 - Alec Torelli

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Vanessa Selbst has the button. She makes it 30,000 to go. Alec Torelli fires back with a raise of his own to 100,000. Selbst makes the call.

The flop comes {5-Diamonds}

. Torelli is first to act; he bets 130,000. Selbst quickly lays it down.

06-15-2008 16:52 UTC-7

Alec Torelli has the button and makes it 30,000 to go. Vanessa Selbst responds with a reraise, making it 70,000 more and Torelli lays it down.

Vanessa flashed Big Slick before passing her cards back to the dealer.

Tags: Alec Torelli Vanessa Selbst

06-15-2008 16:58 UTC-7

Hand #17 - Alec Torelli

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Vanessa Selbst has the button. She completes the small blind. Alec Torelli raises to 47,000. Selbst reraises another 75,000 on top of that, to 122,000. Torelli thinks about it briefly, then calls to see a flop of {J-Diamonds}

. He checks the action to Selbst, who bets 150,000, about 60% of the pot. Her bet puts Torelli deep in the tank for the first time in this match. After a minute, he elects to call.

The turn card is the {A-Spades}

; Torelli quickly checks it over to Selbst. She seems deep in thought, staring down at the felt but with an occasional glance at Torelli. After twenty seconds, she pushes out a bet of 275,000. The pot has over 800,000 chips in it now. Torelli is tanking again. If he calls this bet, almost half of the chips in play would be in the middle and up for grabs. After a minute, he does indeed call.

The river {K-Hearts}

brings a quick check from each player. Torelli shows pocket 9s, for two pair, jacks and nines. Selbst mucks. Torelli is now the clear chip leader with 1,643,000. Selbst retains 917,000 chips of her own.

06-15-2008 16:59 UTC-7