Event 25 - $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship Day 2 | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-15-2008 00:19 UTC-7

We Have a Winner!

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After over five grueling hours of heads up play between David Williams and Lyle Berman, we finally have a winner. Williams got his last 75,000 in preflop holding {5-Diamonds}

. Berman showed {A-Clubs}

and promptly flopped a flush to send Williams to the rail. It's not all bad for Williams though; he goes away with an extra $36,096.

Berman may not even be the happiest person now that the match is over; Alec Torelli has been waiting for two hours to start his Elite Eight match against the Williams/Berman winner.

Tags: Alec Torelli David Williams Lyle Berman

06-15-2008 00:13 UTC-7

Mizrachi Doubles... Barely

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Vanessa Selbst must have been able to taste Day 3 of this event. After raising preflop to 21,000 and being called by Robert Mizrachi, she bet 27,000 on a flop of {2-Clubs}

. Mizrachi shoved all in for his last 225,000, and Selbst immdiately called and tabled pocket 8s. Mizrachi (sheepishly?) turned over {8-Diamonds}

, then promptly hit his gutshot straight draw when the turn came {6-Hearts}

. No help for Selbst on the river. All that work chipping Mizrachi down has gone to waste.

06-15-2008 00:04 UTC-7

Williams/Berman Enters Hour Six

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That's all there is to say about the Williams/Berman match.

06-15-2008 00:01 UTC-7

Selbst Steamrolling Mizrachi

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Things are not going well for Robert Mizrachi on Green #13. Vanessa Selbst is absolutely crushing him. Every time Mizrachi bets, Selbst raises. Every times Mizrachi raises, Selbst reraises. Selbst has a huge chip lead and may be looking to end her match quickly.

Tags: Robert Mizrachi Vanessa Selbst

06-14-2008 23:47 UTC-7

Gavin Griffin Jumps Out to Early Lead

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Gavin Griffin has taken a series of small pots off of Jonathan Jaffe to jump out to the early chip lead in their match.

Meanwhile, we still don't have a winner in the Williams-Berman match. Alec Torelli, just as bored as anyone, sat down with the dealer who will deal his match and asked, "Hey, do you know how to play Chinese Poker?"

The dealer responded, "No."

"Do you want to learn?" Torelli asked him.

The two are now playing Chinese Poker.

06-14-2008 23:30 UTC-7

Elite Eight Underway

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Three of the four Elite Eight matches are now underway. Those matches start at blind levels of 3,000 and 6,000, with starting stacks of 640,000. Meanwhile, the Williams-Berman match is at the 12,000 and 24,000 level of blinds. We have temporarily done away with our "blue bar" indicating the blind levels, due to the fact that two separate blind levels are in play.

06-14-2008 23:23 UTC-7

No Time Like the Present

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The floor staff here in the Amazon Room have made a decision, at the 4-hour and 22-minute mark of the marathon Williams-Berman match, to start the other three Elite Eight matches that are not affected by the outcome of Williams-Berman. Play in those three matches (Brandon Adams v. Kenny Tran; Gavin Griffin v. Jonathan Jaffe; Robert Mizrachi v. Vanessa Selbst) will begin shortly.

06-14-2008 23:20 UTC-7

Well, It's a Start

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One of the spectators on the rail just asked David Williams for a chip count. He said, "I'm one chip up!"

Yes, after over four hours of play, the updated chip counts are:

David Williams - 321,000
Lyle Berman - 319,000

06-14-2008 23:09 UTC-7

Play Resumes

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They're back from the break, and back to the same style of play as before the break. To characterize the air of the spectators around the table (and the players waiting for the Round of 8 to begin) as "bored" doesn't accurately capture the level of disinterest in the match. Everyone just wants it to be over.

06-14-2008 22:55 UTC-7

Another Timeout

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Williams and Berman have opted to take yet another bathroom break... much to the dismay of, well, everyone with a vested interest in the event.

Play will resume momentarily. Stay tuned.