2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Entries
64

Let's Start Over

Sometimes the hands that develop into big pots start out so slowly. Vanessa Rousso and Daniel Negreanu took a flop of {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {4-Hearts}. When the turn came {4-Spades}, Rousso, the first player to act, moved all in.

"Why oh why would you do that?" Negreanu asked Rousso. He could be seen trying to puzzle it out. "I could be drawing dead here."

"I don't have a jack, that's clear," Daniel joked with the crowd.

Negreanu finally made the call with {A-?} {5-?} and was shown that his fear was correct -- he was drawing dead against Rousso's {J-Spades} {7-Diamonds}. Rousso unnecessarily paired her kicker with the river {7-Clubs}. With that double-up, she has just about leveled the match.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuVanessa Rousso