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

06-15-2008 17:11 UTC-7

15-minute Break

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The tournament clock has been paused while Vanessa and Alec take a quick 15-minute break.

Play will resume momentarily.

Tags: Alec Torelli Vanessa Selbst

Level: 57

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 0

06-15-2008 17:25 UTC-7

Hand #34 - Vanessa Selbst

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Alec Torelli has the button and gives Vanessa Selbst a walk. Selbst showed {A-Spades}

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Tags: Alec Torelli Vanessa Selbst

06-15-2008 17:26 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Vanessa Selbst - 921,000
Alec Torelli - 1,639,000

06-15-2008 17:33 UTC-7

Alec Torelli Eliminates Vanessa Selbst; Advances to Finals

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Hand #35 -

Vanessa Selbst has the button. She raises to 40,000. Alec Torelli reraises to 130,000. Selbst makes the call.

On a flop of {J-Spades}

, Torelli bets 150,000. Selbst, fidgeting with her chips, thinks for 20 seconds before calling.

The turn comes the {10-Diamonds}

. Now it's Torelli's turn to be deliberate about his action, taking a solid 30 seconds before betting 350,000. Selbst sits up in her chair, one sandal falling to the floor as she considers what to do. Finally, she moves all in; Torelli quickly calls.

"Sh*t," says Selbst, but she's actually in the lead with {K-Spades}

against Torelli's {K-Clubs}

. The river puts a dagger through her heart when it falls {9-Hearts}

to make a nut straight for Torelli.

This makes the second year in a row that Vanessa Selbst has been eliminated from this event in the semifinals. She earns $108,288 for her performance. Alec Torelli, meanwhile, earns the right to battle Kenny Tran for the championship of this event and a WSOP gold bracelet in the best-two-out-of-three final starting in an hour and a half at 7pm PT.

06-15-2008 17:45 UTC-7

Tran v. Torelli Set for 7:00 p.m.

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The finals of the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Heads Up Championship are set to kick off at 7:00 p.m. local time. The finals tout a best 2-out-of-3 format and each player will start with 2,560,000 in chips.

$539,056 in first place prize money is up for grabs. Tune in at 7:00 to find out who will walk away with the cash and a coveted WSOP gold bracelet!

Tags: Alec Torelli Kenny Tran