Bring on Round Three!
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Hearts Bracket Erick Lindgren v. David Williams
John Phan v. Sam Farha
Diamonds Bracket Kenny Tran v. David Oppenheim
Huck Seed v. Glen Chorny
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
2009 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Buy-in
$20,000
Entries
64
Hearts Bracket Erick Lindgren v. David Williams
John Phan v. Sam Farha
Diamonds Bracket Kenny Tran v. David Oppenheim
Huck Seed v. Glen Chorny
Life of Ivey Doesn't Include 2009 NBC Heads-Up Crown
after Ivey open-pushed his button with 
. Her pocket tens made the best hand, jacks and tens, on a 
board. Ivey is out in Round Two; Rousso is through to the money. She'll play 2007 NBC Heads-Up Champ Paul Wasicka in Round Three.
One Match Remains
and Rousso called with 
. Neither player improved, giving Ivey the double-up and a bit of breathing room.
Juanda Cancels Kaplan's Show
Juanda put a very short-stacked Kaplan all in before the flop and Gabe made the call:
Juanda:
Kaplan:
Left to the fate of the community cards, Kaplan watched as the board filled out
giving Juanda top pair and a victory in the match. Juanda will play online stud Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier in the Round of 16.
The Prince of Poker Gets Past Ted Forrest
Scotty limped into the pot from the button, Forrest moved all in and Scotty made the call:
Nguyen:
Forrest:
Forrest held the lead through the turn as the board filled out
, but Scotty spiked an ace on the river to take the lead and the match.On his way out, Scotty looked into one of the cameras and said, "That's right, baby.... MWAH!"
Ishbia No Problem for Hellmuth
and was called by Hellmuth's 
. A board of 
gave each player two pair; Hellmuth's queens and eights were best.After the match concluded, Hellmuth and Ishbia could be seen quietly chatting, with Hellmuth pointing several times at the spot where the board would be. Presumably they were discussing an earlier hand. That discussion is of little use to Ishbia now. He'll be on the rail for Round Three, the round which now takes on an anticipatory flavor with Hellmuth scheduled to meet Tom Dwan in a rematch of their three-hand match from 2008 in which Dwan cracked Hellmuth's aces, all in preflop, by spiking a ten on the river.
Ishbia Fighting Tooth and Nail
Welcome Back, Kotter
Juanda opened the pot with a raise before the flop, Kaplan shoved and Juanda made the call:
Juanda:
Kaplan:
The board then filled out ten-high giving Kaplan top pair and a much needed double up.
Super Dario Runs into a Goomba Named Negreanu
, Dario Minieri attempted to make a move against Daniel Negreanu holding nothing but 
, but Negreanu looked him up with a pocket pair of kings. "He needs a nine," said Negreanu before the dealer burned one and tabled the river, the
."Dario, I only bluffed you once," said Kid Poker after the match. Though he sounded serious, many in the crowd got a good laugh out of Daniel's remark.
Negreanu will play the winner of the Scotty Nguyen v. Ted Forrest match-up in the Round of 16.
Wasicka Takes Care of Cheadle
after Wasicka bet. Wasicka quickly called with , a hand that was big favorite over Wasicka's . Neither the turn nor river improved Cheadle, crippling his stack to roughly 3,000 chips.The next hand Paul Wasicka moved all in from the button and Cheadle called. Wasicka rolled over a pair of fours; Cheadle had two overcards,
. Cheadle picked up a few additional outs on a flop of , and then even more with the turn. Somehow, he missed them all when the river fell 
. That card eliminated Cheadle from the tournament and sent Wasicka through to face the winner of the Rousso-Ivey match, which was just moved to the feature table.