.The match was locked up by the turn after the board filled out
, giving Doyle an unbeatable nine-high straight. The win sets up a third round match-up between Doyle and fellow high stakes cash game player David Benyamine.
2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
$20,000 Heads-Up Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Final Results
Event Info
Buy-in
$20,000
Prize Pool
$1,500,000
Entries
64
Players Left 1 / 64
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.The match was locked up by the turn after the board filled out
, giving Doyle an unbeatable nine-high straight. The win sets up a third round match-up between Doyle and fellow high stakes cash game player David Benyamine.
against the 
of Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. The flop sparkled for Gowen as it came 
. However, fortunes turned the tables in the Grinder's favor when the 
touched the felt on the turn. With the 
filling out the board on the river, Gowen's tournament ended and moved the Grinder into the money and the round of 16.
; Cunningham tabled a mere 
.The board ran out
and Hershiser took down the pot with a pair of tens, sending Cunningham home empty handed.
in a pre-flop all in confrontation, but when an ace appeared in the door, Grizzle's plans were foiled. The entire board filled out 
and Deeb took down the pot and the match with a single pair of aces.The win guaranteed Mr. Deeb a spot in the sweet sixteen, where he will face off against a very hot Orel Hershiser.
Grizzle's elimination completes round two for players in the Hearts and Diamonds brackets, setting up the following round three pairings:
Andy Bloch
v.
Scott Fischman
Hershiser
v.
Deeb
Huck Seed
v.
Michael Mizrachi
David Benyamine
v.
Doyle Brunson
The Clubs and Spades brackets will begin momentarily.
Another bracelet battle that should be promising is that of Scott Clements v. Greg Raymer. While Raymer holds a main event bracelet lead over Clements, Scott actually doubles Raymer's bracelet accomplishments with two of his own.
, Ivey holding 
in front of Chan's . The turn and river blanked out , and Ivey's pair of jacks held up to take down the pot, eliminating Chan from the tournament.Ivey, like fellow pro Scotty Nguyen, has played in the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championships each and every year of its three year existence. Like Nguyen, Ivey had failed to win a first round match in each of his prior attempts until yesterday, when he bested a tough opponent in PokerStars qualifier Alisha Kunza. Scotty also recorded his first ever round one victory, eliminating tournament pro Bill Edler from the Spades bracket.
With Ivey through to the round of sixteen, it's now up to Scotty to keep the pace.
and Raymer . With a tight grip on the hand, the board ran out 
and Clements doubled up to steal the chip lead from Raymer.
