Win and You're In
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Today the remaining 32 players are all "on the bubble". If they win their first match of the day, they'll be in the money and assured a payout of $25,000. If they lose their first match, of course, they're out of the tournament.
Of the five previous NBC Heads-Up champions that entered this tournament, three -- Phil Hellmuth, Paul Wasicka and Chris Ferguson -- escaped the Round of 64. Defending champion Huck Seed, previously 5-0 lifetime in the first round, lost his opening match to Erik Seidel, who had been 0-5 lifetime in the first round. 2006 champion Ted Forrest was surprised by qualifier Stephen Quinn in one of the upsets of the day.
There are several intriguing pairings this afternoon. After the battle of the Jennifers, Harman and Tilly, yesterday, today the Hearts bracket gives us the battle of the Phils, Gordon and Laak. Two other Phils you might have heard of, Hellmuth and Ivey, have drawn Scandi sensation Annette Obrestad and everyone's favorite bling master Scotty Nguyen (respectively) as their second-round opponents. Here's the full draw:
Clubs Chris Moneymaker v. Leo Wolpert
David Williams v. Erik Seidel
Erick Lindgren v. Peter Eastgate
Stephen Quinn v. Jamie Gold
Diamonds Barry Greenstein v. Sam Farha
Jennifer Harman v. Jerry Yang
Darvin Moon v. Annie Duke
Paul Wasicka v. Gus Hansen
Spades Phil Ivey v. Scotty Nguyen
Joe Hachem v. Gabe Kaplan
Jason Mercier v. Pieter de Korver
Phil Gordon v. Phil Laak
Hearts Allen Cunningham v. Eli Elezra
Chris Ferguson v. Dennis Phillips
Doyle Brunson v. Don Cheadle
Phil Hellmuth v. Annette Obrestad
Play gets underway at 1pm local time. We'll play two rounds today, with the second-round matches taking place in two flights before dinner and the Sweet Sixteen matches taking places in two flights after dinner.
As always, PokerNews will have all the updates live from the tournament floor.