WSOP: Vanessa Rousso and Faraz Jaka chasing for the $10k Heads-up championship

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Antonio Esfandiari, Chris Moorman, David Williams, Faraz Jaka, High Stakes Results, Phil Gordon, Sorel Mizzi, Vanessa Rousso, WSOP
• Date: Jun 20,2010

The $10k NLHE Heads-up is one of the most interesting WSOP tournaments. The participant list is flinty and the top positions are held by familiar names.

-Poker babe Vanessa Rousso has also previous success in HU tournaments.

After two days of HU battle there are only eight players of the original 256 left. In the beginning of the second day there were 64 players of which 32 made it to cash. Among the positions between 9-32 there were for example Antonio Esfandiari, David Williams, Sorel Mizzi, Chris Moorman and Phil Gordon.

The quarter finals

Jason Somerville vs. Kido Pham
Faraz Jaka vs. Ayaz Mahmood
Alexander Kostritsyn vs. Ludovic Lacay
Ernst Schmejkal vs. Vanessa Rousso

None of the remaining players has ever won a bracelet before. The winner of this heads-up will not only win the bracelet but also a prize of $625,682.

The prize pool

1. $625,682
2. $386,636
3. $214,289
4. $214,289
5. $92,580
6. $92,580
7. $92,580
8. $92,580

Source: Pokernews and TheHendonMob