Winner: Annette Obrestad Advances

Shamus

Annette Obrestad has defeated Fatima Moreira de Melo heads up to move on to tomorrow's final

Fatima Moreira de Melo was nearly even with Annette Obrestad when their heads-up battle began. However, Obrestad took the advantage early on and maintained it the rest of the way.

Finally de a short-stacked de Melo pushed all in from the button for her last 76,000 with {5-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} , and Obrestad called with {A-Spades} {8-Diamonds} . The board came {7-Spades} {5-Clubs} {2-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} , and de Melo survived with her pair of fives.

Soon after, however, de Melo was short and all in again from the button, and Obrestad was there with a call. This time de Melo had {A-Spades} {6-Spades} and was up against Obrestad's {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} . The board went {J-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} , and Obrestad's tens held. The young Norwegian is through to Day 3, with a chance to land a WSOP bracelet (to go with the one she won at the 2007 WSOPE Main Event).