2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship

$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 3
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Event Info
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♠7♥
Prize
$500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Entries
64
Players Left 1 / 64

Rousso Eliminates Grospellier, Moves on to Final

Railbirds craning to see the final hand.
Railbirds craning to see the final hand.
Bertrand Grospellier and Vanessa Rousso were all in, and again the crowd rushed the table. Grospellier was quite short after losing the last pot and could only muster up {K-Clubs} {6-Clubs}. He was against Rousso's {7-Spades} {7-Clubs}.

"Insurance!" called out Sam Farha from within the press of spectators.

The flop was all small cards, {2-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {5-Clubs}. Grospellier paired sixes with the {6-Spades} turn, but that wasn't enough to overtake Rousso. He would need to improve again on the river. The dealer burned and turned the {8-Hearts}, making an unnecessary straight for Rousso. She dragged the pot and eliminated Grospellier from the tournament.

After the win, Rousso turned around and was greeted with a huge bear hug by Chad Brown. She now will await the winner of the Seed-Farha match to see who will be crowned the 2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker champion.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierVanessa Rousso