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

06-15-2008 21:02 UTC-7

Players Are on a Break

[user75032]

The second leg of the final will start in fifteen minutes.

06-15-2008 21:01 UTC-7

Tran Stacks Torelli; Takes 1-0 Lead in Final

[user75032]

Hand #93 -

Kenny Tran has the button. He raises to 110,000. Alec Torelli immediately reraises to 350,000. Tran must be pondering how much he likes his hand, considering the likelihood that Torelli will shove any flop. He makes the call.

On the flop of {4-Clubs}

, Torelli immediately moves all in. Tran quickly calls. The hands are opened:

Torelli: {A-Spades}

Tran:

The turn is the {7-Spades}

. Torelli needs a jack, and a jack only, on the river to win the pot. He doesn't get it, when the river falls {A-Diamonds}

. Kenny Tran has won the first leg of this best-of-three final.

Tags: Alec Torelli Kenny Tran

06-15-2008 20:56 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

[user75032]

Kenny Tran - 3,787,000
Alec Torelli - 1,333,000

06-15-2008 20:56 UTC-7

Hand #92 - Alec Torelli

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Alec Torelli has the button and makes it 100,000 to go. Kenny Tran makes the call and we see a flop of {2-Spades}

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Kenny checks and Alec bets 140,000 prompting Kenny to lay down his hand.

Tags: Alec Torelli Kenny Tran

06-15-2008 20:55 UTC-7

Hand #91 - Kenny Tran

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Kenny Tran has the button. He raises to 110,000. Alec Torelli makes the call.

The flop comes out {5-Hearts}

. Torelli checks, prompting a bet of 150,000 from Tran. Torelli calls again to see the {10-Diamonds}

fall on the turn. Both players check through to the river, which comes {3-Spades}

. Now Alec leads out for 300,000. After about thirty seconds, Tran moves all in.

Torelli is stunned and lets out an exasperated sigh. He clearly was not expecting that move from Tran. He's talking to himself now, trying to talk his way through the hand and come to a decision as to whether he should call or fold. He counts down his stack to see where he would be if he folds (about 1.3 million). He takes his sunglasses off, he rubs his eyes with the back of his hand, and says "That's a good bet. I like your chances." After two minutes in the tank, he lays down his hand.

Tags: Alec Torelli Kenny Tran