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Annie Duke has just been crippled in this second match. Both she and Erik Seidel checked a flop of . On the turn Duke led out with a bet that Seidel raised. Duke pondered her action for a few seconds before calling.
On the river Duke checked, leading Seidel to make a big bet. Duke held her head in her hands and tanked for more than a minute before calling. Seidel showed for trip deuces to take down the pot.
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Annie Duke moved all in preflop holding and got called by Erik Seidel who held .
Duke then out-flopped Seidel when the board came , giving her a pair and putting her in the lead. The on the turn gave her two pair and the meaningless on the river gave her the pot and a crucial double up.
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Well, we're going to the rubber match here at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. A short-stacked Annie Duke moved all in with and was called by Erik Seidel, who showed .
The audience members sprang to their feet and rushed the stage to watch the dealer produce a flop of of . Duke was still in the lead with king-high but Seidel had an up-and-down straight draw. That draw filled when the turn came , but Duke picked up a draw of her own to a flush. She needed a heart to continue Match No. 2, but the river fell . Seidel has knotted the finals at one match apiece.
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We're all square after the first two matches in this best of three battle for the championship, which means we're down to our final confrontation of the tournament. The winner here will walk away with the title and $500,000 in prize money while the second-place finisher will leave with memories of what could have been and a $250,000 consolation prize.
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The Championship match has brought a number of notable names back to the tournament room, including Andy Bloch, Huck Seed, Allen Cunningham, Melissa Hayden, Joe Reitman, and Emily Jillette.
It doesn't appear that anyone in this crowd is rooting for one player over another. Instead, they seem to be rooting equally for both Annie Duke and Erik Seidel.
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About 10 minutes into our final match, it appears that Annie Duke has taken a small lead over Erik Seidel.
Again, as has become the norm, neither player has been willing to build a big pot in the early going and both are instead happy to take down the blinds or to win small pots without much resistance.
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Twenty-five minutes into the match and finally the producers have allowed MOC Jordan Siegel onto the stage. The first hand he announced started with a raise to 25,000 by Erik Seidel. Annie Duke called.
Duke led out for 25,000 on a flop of . Seidel called. Both players checked the turn. Duke checked again when the river came a third club, , then folded to a bet of 50,000.
The match is very close. Seidel might have a small lead.
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Erik Seidel raised to 50,000 from the button and Annie Duke made the call, bringing us a flop of .
Both players checked, bringing the on the turn and a bet of 50,000 from Duke. Seidel called and both players checked the on the river. We never saw their hands, but the pot was chopped as both Duke and Seidel held 7s for aces full.
Their chip stacks still remain relatively close, with Seidel holding a small lead.
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The last several pots have all gone to Erik Seidel, allowing him to open what looks like an approximately 2-to-1 chip lead over Annie Duke. Duke bet 55,000 on a flop of , with Seidel check-calling. When the turn fell , Seidel led out with a bet of 100,000. Duke quickly mucked her hand.
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. On the 
turn Duke led out with a bet that Seidel raised. Duke pondered her action for a few seconds before calling.
Duke checked, leading Seidel to make a big bet. Duke held her head in her hands and tanked for more than a minute before calling. Seidel showed 
for trip deuces to take down the pot.
and got called by Erik Seidel who held 
, giving her a pair and putting her in the lead. The 
on the turn gave her two pair and the meaningless 
on the river gave her the pot and a crucial double up.
. Duke was still in the lead with king-high but Seidel had an up-and-down straight draw. That draw filled when the turn came 
, but Duke picked up a draw of her own to a flush. She needed a heart to continue Match No. 2, but the river fell 
. Seidel has knotted the finals at one match apiece.
. Seidel called. Both players checked the 
, then folded to a bet of 50,000.
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on the turn and a bet of 50,000 from Duke. Seidel called and both players checked the 
on the river. We never saw their hands, but the pot was chopped as both Duke and Seidel held 7s for aces full.
