Svetlana Gromenkova has won the $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em World Championship. The dour New Yorker, clearly the class of the tournament, has defeated Anh Lee in heads-up play to claim the title and $224,702 in spending money.

Here's how Gromenkova won the title:

Lee Doubles!

Gromenkova entered heads-up play with the chip lead and got Lee to commit her stack with the worst hand, holding A K to Lee's A 5. The flop came 7 5 2 and Gromenkova looked visibly upset as her rival flopped a pair of fives. The board finished out 2 9 and Lee doubled through Gromenkova.

Gromenkova Regains The Lead

Gromenkova then retook the chip lead with a number of timely all-in reraises and steals to take chips from her opponent without showing down a hand.

Gromenkova Wins!

Eventually, though, something had to give and after Gromenkova put Lee all-in once again preflop, Lee called off her stack with A 6 to find herself up against a pocket pair of kings from Gromenkova.

The flop came T 8 7 and Lee flopped a gutshot straight draw to go with her overcard, but the K on the turn gave Gromenkova the set and removed all of Lee's outs but the four eights in the deck.

The river card was the A and Lee missed her draw, giving the pot and the match to Gromenkova, who takes down her first WSOP bracelet with the victory. Lee takes $144,567 for her second runner-up finish in a WSOP Ladies event (her first was to Jennifer Tilly in 2005).

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The ladies have certainly sped things up in the race for female supremacy here at the 2008 WSOP. We've had four eliminations in this last level, the lead changed hands several times and suddenly we are heads up.

Mitchell Mastered (6th)

We were down to just five players after Debbie Mitchell's stack was pushed across the table to Svetlana Gromenkova.

Mitchell jacked!

Debbie called all in with A 9 after Glum Girl shoved with J 7 and looked good to double until two jacks flopped. Gromenkova allowed herself a sheepish smile as Mitchell headed for the door. She'll take $47,106 for sixth.

Kings Crumpled (5th)

We hit just four remaining when Marla Crumpler got it in with kings but couldn't fade Anh Le's one over.

Crumpler cracked!

She'll take home $60,101 after Le's A 9 beat her on a A 10 5 2 5 board.

Le Loses Lead

The runner up in this event in 2005, Anh Le had worked her way into the lead, but when she ran A-10 into Chris Priday's A-Q she gave it up. Priday was the leading lady until she doubled up Gromenkova with Q-10 against a smiling Glum Girl's aces.

Priday Fridayed (4th)

There were then just three ladies left at the final table after Chris Priday stacked off. She got it in with A 7 but could not improve against Le's A J.

Priday plucked.

Priday will go home with $73,637 for fourth and then there were three.

Till Robbed (3rd)

After playing very few hands throughout the day Patty Till finally made a stand with K-6 off suit. Unfortunately for Patty, Svetlana Gromenkova had nines and setted up on the flop.

She'll grab $87,715 for third and we head to heads up with Gromenkova holding $1.47 million to Anh Le's $890k.