Without many showdowns, Huck Seed had slowly increased his chip lead over Vanessa Rousso to more than 3-to-1. With blinds at 15,000 and 30,000, Rousso didn't have many weapons in her arsenal. Two buttons in a row, she moved all in preflop for 280,000. The first time Seed folded, but the second time he tanked for 90 seconds before calling with . It was a great call, as Seed had Rousso's dominated. The board rolled out , giving Seed the pot and the win in the first match.
The tournament is on a fifteen-minute break before the second match in this best-of-three final kicks off.