Day 1 is History

64 players took the stage at the sixth-annual NBC National Heads-Up Championship here at Caesars Palace, but only 32 will return to play again tomorrow.

It was a generally subdued day here in the tournament room, with very few players chatting at the tables, let alone expressing any real emotion when they won or lost. Then again, there weren't all that many dramatic bust-out hands, aside from Annie Duke's come-from-behind catch to make trip 10s on the river after being out-flopped by Andy Bloch's ace-king.

While most of the day's matches could have easily gone either way, there were a few upsets, including online qualifier Stephen Quinn's victory over past champion Ted Forrest and Phil Gordon's surprising win against Tom "Durrrr" Dwan. Other unexpected players in tomorrow's field include Jerry Yang who beat Mike Matusow and Chris Moneymaker who defeated Patrik Antonius. The full list of tomorrow's Round of 32 match-ups is below:

{A-Clubs}

Clubs

Chris Moneymaker v. Leo Wolpert
David Williams v. Erik Seidel
Erick Lindgren v. Peter Eastgate
Stephen Quinn v. Jamie Gold

{A-Diamonds}

Diamonds

Barry Greenstein v. Sam Farha
Jennifer Harman v. Jerry Yang
Darvin Moon v. Annie Duke
Paul Wasicka v. Gus Hansen

{A-Spades}

Spades

Phil Ivey v. Scotty Nguyen
Joe Hachem v. Gabe Kaplan
Jason Mercier v. Pieter de Korver
Phil Gordon v. Phil Laak

{A-Hearts}

Hearts

Allen Cunningham v. Eli Elezra
Chris Ferguson v. Dennis Phillips
Doyle Brunson v. Don Cheadle
Phil Hellmuth v. Annette Obrestad

Play will kick off once again at 1pm local time tomorrow. If you cant join us here on the set in the Caesars Poker Room then make sure you follow along with all the live updates here at PokerNews.

Until then, you can find us at the bar.

2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

2010 NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship

Day 1 is History