2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
54
Prize
$750,000
Event Info
Entries
64

Selbst Harnesses the Power of King-Queen Off

Vanessa Selbst was showing signs of frustration in her slow battle with Erik Seidel. She was down to 125,000 when she and Seidel raised and reraised their way all in preflop.

Selbst: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades} and at risk
Seidel: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}

The {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} wasn't of much assistance, but the {j-Clubs} on the turn added an open-ender to her overcards. With one card to come, Selbst had 14 outs. She stood up to leave. "Too many outs, too many outs," she said. But it was just the right number of outs. The {q-Hearts} on the river gave her top pair and the chip lead in the match. She's up to 250,000 to Seidel's 150,000.